A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Lar in Iran on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 08:37:03 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/07/18 / 2018-07-22 05:07:03 / July 22, 2018 @ 5:07 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gb1e. Id of event: us2000gb1e. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 54.9032° East, latitude 27.7028° North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gerāsh. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Gerāsh (c. 25 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 55 km E of Lar, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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