A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Aghajari in Iran. Exact location of earthquake, 50.042° East, 31.0564° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007dzl. Unique identifier: us20007dzl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:13:50 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/10/16 / 2016-10-14 01:43:50 / October 14, 2016 @ 1:43 am.
Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rāmshīr, Dehdasht, Behbahān. Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Behbahān (c. 79 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Dehdasht (c. 69 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Omīdīyeh (c. 47 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Aghajari (c. 21 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Rāmshīr (c. 19 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km NNE of Aghajari, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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