A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Zaysan in Kazakhstan on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/04/17 / 2017-04-04 15:07:32 / April 4, 2017 @ 3:07 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 85.0189 East, latitude 47.2651 North, depth = 33.29 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.29 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10008ebr. Event ids that are associated: us10008ebr. The temblor was reported at 21:07:32 / 9:07 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Zaysan (c. 17 600 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Tūghyl (c. 6 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tūghyl, Zaysan (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 25 km SSE of Zaysan, Kazakhstan.
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