A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Kahriz in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20005ayp. Unique identifier: us20005ayp. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/03/16 / 2016-03-19 05:05:46 / March 19, 2016 @ 5:05 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:35:46 / 8:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 46.8808° East, 34.4916° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Sanandaj, Pāveh (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sanandaj (c. 349 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Harsīn (c. 57 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 20 km NW of Kahriz, Iran.
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