A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Abdanan in Iran. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:31:57 / 10:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 19:01:57 / November 21, 2015 @ 7:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10004050. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004050. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 47.9113 East, latitude 32.8039 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Khorramābād (c. 329 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Kūhdasht (c. 100 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Dehlorān (c. 46 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Darreh Shahr (c. 25 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ābdānān (c. 19 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorramābād, Kūhdasht, Shūsh (min 5000 pop).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 50 km ESE of Abdanan, Iran.
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