A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Kuh Sefid in Iran on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude 56.7609 East, latitude 29.4682 North, depth = 100.91 km. Unique identifier: us10008dud. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008dud. The temblor was picked up at 23:29:49 / 11:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100.91 km (63 miles). Global time and date of event 01/04/17 / 2017-04-01 19:59:49 / April 1, 2017 @ 7:59 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bardsīr. Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Bardsīr (c. 37 200 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km N of Kuh Sefid, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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