A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Karakol in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/19 / 2019-05-05 06:54:48 / May 5, 2019 @ 6:54 am. Exact location, longitude 78.5558° East, latitude 41.9205° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us70003gxg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003gxg. The temblor was picked up at 12:54:48 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tyup, Pokrovka, Karakol (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Karakol (c. 70 200 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Pokrovka (c. 16 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tyup (c. 13 400 pop). Close country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km SSE of Karakol, Kyrgyzstan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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