A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Lar in Iran on Friday. Unique identifier: us10008lkn. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008lkn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/04/17 / 2017-04-28 13:00:48 / April 28, 2017 @ 1:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 54.7645 East, latitude 27.8243 North, depth = 39 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 16:30:48 / 4:30 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Gerāsh (c. 25 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gerāsh.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 44 km ENE of Lar, Iran.
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