A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Bandar-e Ganaveh in Iran. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 50.7957° East, 29.3375° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 00:42:06 / January 2, 2017 @ 12:42 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:12:06 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10007p5h. Event ids that are associated: us10007p5h.
Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kāzerūn, Khārk, Borāzjān (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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.
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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: 38 km SE of Bandar-e Ganaveh, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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