A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Bandar-e Ganaveh in Iran. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 50.7926° East, 29.4638° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us10007pw3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007pw3. Global time and date of event 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 14:43:33 / December 18, 2016 @ 2:43 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:13:33 / 6:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kāzerūn, Bandar-e Būshehr, Khārk.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 29 km ESE of Bandar-e Ganaveh, Iran.
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