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Moderate earthquake 5.4 mag, 45 km NNE of Kanysh-Kyya, Kyrgyzstan

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Kanysh-Kyya in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 20:28:59 / 8:28 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 20:28:59 / October 5, 2025 @ 8:28 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 71.2576° East, 42.1574° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us6000rezr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rezr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Taraz (c. 358 200 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Kosonsoy (c. 43 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Talas (c. 35 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Turar Ryskulov (c. 18 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Sarykemer (c. 15 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kosonsoy, Sarykemer, Talas (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 struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every 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: 45 km NNE of Kanysh-Kyya, Kyrgyzstan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	71.2576° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.1574° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	45 km NNE of Kanysh-Kyya, Kyrgyzstan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-10-05 20:28:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-05 20:46:44	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	449	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	94	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.649	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	25	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000rezr	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rezr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rezr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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