A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Gerash in Iran. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/01/16 / 2016-01-12 13:05:27 / January 12, 2016 @ 1:05 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 53.8584° East, 27.5348° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us10004fdn. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004fdn. The temblor was picked up at 16:35:27 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gerāsh (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Gerāsh (c. 25 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 31 km WSW of Gerash, Iran.
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