A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Ulaangom in Mongolia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:22:53 / 2:22 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qrh7. Unique identifier: us7000qrh7. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 92.4483 East, latitude 49.6759 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/08/25 / 2025-08-28 02:22:53 / August 28, 2025 @ 2:22 am.
Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Ulaangom (c. 28 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ulaangom (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mongolia (c. 3 087 000 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km SE of Ulaangom, Mongolia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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