A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, eastern Uzbekistan kilometers (0 miles) from eastern Uzbekistan. Event id: us10006c1e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006c1e. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.36 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 67.5637° East, 39.9657° North, depth 15.36 km. Global time and date of event 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 11:50:29 / August 8, 2016 @ 11:50 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:50:29 / 11:50 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gagarin, Ishtixon, Juma. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (39 miles) from Samarqand (c. 319 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Jizzax (c. 152 600 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Urgut (c. 47 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Panjakent (c. 35 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Zomin (c. 27 100 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Bulung’ur (c. 26 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Gagarin (c. 24 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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