M4.5 earthquake jolts southwest of Taraz
11:03, 10 July 2026
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake was recorded 65 kilometers southwest of Taraz on July 10 at 12:59 a.m. Astana time (7:59 p.m. GMT on July 9), Qazinform News Agency cites the Kazakh National Data Center.
According to the Kazakhstan Data Center of the Institute of Geophysical Research under the National Nuclear Center, the earthquake's epicenter was located at 42.50 degrees north latitude, 70.88 degrees east longitude.
The earthquake had a body-wave magnitude (mb) of 4.5, an energy class of K=10.4, and occurred at a depth of 15 kilometers.
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