A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Gorgan in Iran. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 17:35:51 / September 15, 2015 @ 5:35 pm. Exact location, longitude 54.4607° East, latitude 37.1841° North, depth = 25.75 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003jq6. Id of event: us20003jq6. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.75 km (16 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:05:51 / 10:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalāleh, Āzādshahr, Gonbad-e Kāvūs (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Gorgān (c. 244 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Gonbad-e Kāvūs (c. 131 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Āzādshahr (c. 47 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kalāleh (c. 33 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Āq Qāyeh (c. 5 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three 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 earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 38 km N of Gorgan, Iran.
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