A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Karaton in Kazakhstan. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/02/25 / 2025-02-02 09:52:13 / February 2, 2025 @ 9:52 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 53.3055 East, latitude 46.169 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 09:52:13 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pasf. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pasf.
Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Qaraton (c. 8 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Qaraton (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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 32 km SSW of Karaton, Kazakhstan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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