A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 37 km SW of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan (23 miles) on Monday. Global time and date of event 12/12/16 / 2016-12-12 14:24:04 / December 12, 2016 @ 2:24 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 50.88 km (32 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.9713 East, latitude 39.4725 North, depth = 50.88 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:24:04 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20008074. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008074.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km SW of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan.
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