A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Bandar-e Ganaveh in Iran on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 16:43:45 / December 18, 2016 @ 4:43 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:13:45 / 8:13 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us200082d4. Ids that are associated to the event: us200082d4. Exact location, longitude 50.8116° East, latitude 29.4383° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kāzerūn, Bandar-e Būshehr, Khārk (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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