A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Firuzabad in Iran. Global time and date of event 06/05/16 / 2016-05-06 17:33:17 / May 6, 2016 @ 5:33 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.77 km (12 miles). Unique identifier: us10005ecl. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005ecl. Exact location of event, depth 18.77 km, 52.2913° East, 28.5913° North. The temblor was detected at 22:03:17 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Akbarābād, Fīrūzābād (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Akbarābād (c. 98 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop).
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 eight 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km SW of Firuzabad, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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