A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 108 km NW of Tur kmenbasy, Tur kmenistan (67 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 51.9821 East, latitude 40.6567 North, depth = 38.17 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.17 km (24 miles). Global time and date of event 11/01/17 / 2017-01-11 14:28:04 / January 11, 2017 @ 2:28 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10007sjy. Event ids that are associated: us10007sjy. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:28:04 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 108 km NW of Tur kmenbasy, Tur kmenistan.
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