A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Kerman in Iran. Global time and date of event 04/06/16 / 2016-06-04 09:54:15 / June 4, 2016 @ 9:54 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 57.6163 East, latitude 29.986 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000620x. Unique identifier: us2000620x. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:24:15 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Kermān (c. 577 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kermān (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 61 km ESE of Kerman, Iran.
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