A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Lar in Iran. The temblor was picked up at 12:13:03 / 12:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 54.4025 East, latitude 27.1776 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us10006fjt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006fjt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/08/16 / 2016-08-21 07:43:03 / August 21, 2016 @ 7:43 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Gerāsh (c. 25 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kīsh (c. 20 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bandar-e Lengeh, Kīsh, Gerāsh.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 56 km S of Lar, Iran.
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