A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbas in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 56.5816 East, latitude 27.5324 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 11/09/15 / 2015-09-11 02:38:19 / September 11, 2015 @ 2:38 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us20003iqh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003iqh. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:08:19 / 7:08 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Mīnāb (c. 70 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Qeshm, Mīnāb, Bandar ‘Abbās (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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km NE of Bandar ‘Abbas, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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