A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Lar in Iran. Unique identifier: us1000d3bw. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000d3bw. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:54:00 / 1:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/03/18 / 2018-03-12 10:24:00 / March 12, 2018 @ 10:24 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 54.947° East, 27.8987° North, depth 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gerāsh. Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Gerāsh (c. 25 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km ENE of Lar, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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