A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Sarkand in Kazakhstan on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a751. Unique identifier: us6000a751. Exact location of event, longitude 80.8774 East, latitude 44.9417 North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/06/20 / 2020-06-06 11:13:20 / June 6, 2020 @ 11:13 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:13:20 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Sarkand (c. 76 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sarkand (min 5000 pop).
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 has occurred nearby. Every 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km SE of Sarkand, Kazakhstan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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