A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Kish in Iran. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000682i. Unique identifier: us1000682i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.13 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/07/16 / 2016-07-28 15:34:09 / July 28, 2016 @ 3:34 pm. The temblor was reported at 20:04:09 / 8:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 53.7698° East, latitude 26.9043° North, depth = 34.13 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gerāsh, Kīsh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Gerāsh (c. 25 300 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Kīsh (c. 20 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km NNW of Kish, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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