A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Gonbad-e Qabus in Iran. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:53:52 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 30.71 km, 55.1691° East, 37.2432° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/08/15 / 2015-08-24 16:23:52 / August 24, 2015 @ 4:23 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.71 km (19 miles). Event id: us100034i4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034i4.
Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Gorgān (c. 244 900 pop), 1 km (0 miles) from Gonbad-e Kāvūs (c. 131 400 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Āzādshahr (c. 47 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Kalāleh (c. 33 700 pop), 4 km (2 miles) from Āq Qāyeh (c. 5 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorgān, Kalāleh, Āzādshahr (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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