A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Kazerun in Iran. Global time and date of event 10/05/16 / 2016-05-10 13:20:19 / May 10, 2016 @ 1:20 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005gb7. Id of event: us10005gb7. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 51.9932° East, 29.2274° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:50:19 / 5:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Shiraz (c. 1 249 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Akbarābād (c. 98 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Akbarābād, Borāzjān, Fīrūzābād.
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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