A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Esfarayen in Iran on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 19:08:41 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/08/15 / 2015-08-30 14:38:41 / August 30, 2015 @ 2:38 pm. Exact location of event, depth 12.73 km, 57.796° East, 37.1312° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.73 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000365u. Unique identifier: us1000365u.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabzevar, Qūchān, Bojnūrd (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 103 km (64 miles) from Sabzevar (c. 226 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bojnūrd (c. 192 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Qūchān (c. 111 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Esfarāyen (c. 59 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km ENE of Esfarayen, Iran.
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