A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Bandar-e Ganaveh in Iran on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 50.7811° East, 29.392° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 00:29:39 / January 2, 2017 @ 12:29 am. Event id: us10007p5e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007p5e. The temblor was picked up at 03:59:39 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kāzerūn, Bandar-e Būshehr, Khārk (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km SE of Bandar-e Ganaveh, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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