A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Zharkent in Kazakhstan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 79.7105 East, latitude 44.7699 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 20/04/25 / 2025-04-20 00:28:28 / April 20, 2025 @ 12:28 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000q7b7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q7b7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:28:28 / 12:28 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sarkand, Zharkent, Tekeli (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Sarkand (c. 76 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Zharkent (c. 34 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Tekeli (c. 26 700 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 71 km NNW of Zharkent, Kazakhstan.
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