A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Ahvaz in Iran. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/08/15 / 2015-08-18 11:26:38 / August 18, 2015 @ 11:26 am. Event id: us10003347. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003347. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 48.5892 East, latitude 31.3186 North, depth = 23.7 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.7 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:56:38 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 9 km (6 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Sūsangerd (c. 41 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Shādegān (c. 37 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Rāmshīr (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rāmshīr, Shūshtar, Shādegān (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km W of Ahvaz, Iran.
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