A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Borazjan in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us200040fc. Ids that are associated to the event: us200040fc. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/10/15 / 2015-10-25 14:26:15 / October 25, 2015 @ 2:26 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:56:15 / 5:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 51.1598° East, 29.6342° North.
Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khārk, Dogonbadan, Bandar-e Būshehr (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km N of Borazjan, Iran.
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