A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Masjed Soleyman in Iran. Global time and date of event 08/07/15 / 2015-07-08 01:48:54 / July 8, 2015 @ 1:48 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:18:54 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002vwu. Unique identifier: us20002vwu. Exact location of earthquake, 49.4087° East, 32.2775° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shūshtar, Masjed Soleymān (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 39 km NNE of Masjed Soleyman, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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