A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Do Gonbadan in Iran on Sunday. Global time and date of event 04/06/17 / 2017-06-04 13:14:32 / June 4, 2017 @ 1:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 50.6612° East, 30.4877° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us20009ljf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009ljf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:44:32 / 4:44 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nūrābād, Yasuj, Aghajari. Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Yasuj (c. 96 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Behbahān (c. 79 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Dehdasht (c. 69 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Aghajari (c. 21 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km NW of Do Gonbadan, Iran.
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