A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Dib Dibba in Oman. The temblor was detected at 04:54:22 / 4:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10003573. Event ids that are associated: us10003573. Global time and date of event 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 00:24:22 / August 27, 2015 @ 12:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 55.877 East, latitude 26.541 North, depth = 11 km.
Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ras al-Khaimah (c. 115 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Khaşab (c. 17 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ras al-Khaimah, Bandar ‘Abbās, Qeshm. Country/countries that might be effected, United Arab Emirates (c. 4 976 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop), Oman (c. 2 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km NW of Dib Dibba, Oman. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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