A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Jahrom in Iran on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 53.1159° East, 28.2049° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 06:03:29 / 6:03 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/01/17 / 2017-01-06 02:33:29 / January 6, 2017 @ 2:33 am. Unique identifier: us10007rjn. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007rjn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fasā, Fīrūzābād. Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Fasā (c. 98 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 53 km SW of Jahrom, Iran.
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