A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Firuzabad in Iran. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005hby. Unique identifier: us10005hby. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 52.4308 East, latitude 27.9931 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 01:19:13 / May 14, 2016 @ 1:19 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:49:13 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (59 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fīrūzābād (min 5000 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight 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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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 95 km S of Firuzabad, Iran.
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