A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Taldykorgan in Kazakhstan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 10:58:50 / 10:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q11r. Id of event: us7000q11r. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 78.3486° East, 45.1668° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/05/25 / 2025-05-23 10:58:50 / May 23, 2025 @ 10:58 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Taldyqorghan (c. 200 000 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Taldykorgan (c. 116 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tekeli (c. 26 700 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Ush-Tyube (c. 20 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Balpyk Bī (c. 11 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tekeli, Taldyqorghan, Balpyk Bī (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km N of Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan.

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