A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Bandar-e Ganaveh in Iran. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 00:38:11 / January 2, 2017 @ 12:38 am. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:08:11 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007p5g. Unique identifier: us10007p5g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 50.7833° East, latitude 29.4246° North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 47 km (30 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kāzerūn, Bandar-e Būshehr, Khārk (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 30 km ESE of Bandar-e Ganaveh, Iran.
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