A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Borazjan in Iran. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 51.0636° East, 29.4034° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 02/06/17 / 2017-06-02 20:33:54 / June 2, 2017 @ 8:33 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009lcv. Id of event: us20009lcv. The temblor was picked up at 00:03:54 / 12:03 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nūrābād, Khārk, Kāzerūn.
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 21 km NW of Borazjan, Iran.
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