A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Talas in Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/07/25 / 2025-07-16 01:27:23 / July 16, 2025 @ 1:27 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:27:23 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 72.3291 East, latitude 42.4329 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000qcxd. Event ids that are associated: us7000qcxd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 12 km (8 miles) from Talas (c. 35 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Toktogul (c. 19 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Merke (c. 15 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sarykemer (c. 15 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Kulan (c. 13 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Lugovoy (c. 10 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oytal, Sarykemer, Merke. Close country/countries that might be effected, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km SE of Talas, Kyrgyzstan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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