A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Lugovoy in Kazakhstan. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us7000qbay. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qbay. The temblor was reported at 09:29:54 / 9:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/25 / 2025-07-08 09:29:54 / July 8, 2025 @ 9:29 am. Exact location of earthquake, 72.8475° East, 42.973° North, depth 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kara-Balta, Talas, Kaindy (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Kara-Balta (c. 62 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Talas (c. 35 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Merke (c. 15 900 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Kulan (c. 13 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kaindy (c. 10 600 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Lugovoy (c. 10 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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.
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