A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Borazjan in Iran on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/10/17 / 2017-10-02 13:25:16 / October 2, 2017 @ 1:25 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000axtl. Event ids that are associated: us2000axtl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 16:55:16 / 4:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 51.6372° East, 28.6895° North.
Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fīrūzābād, Bandar-e Būshehr, Borāzjān (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 76 km SSE of Borazjan, Iran.
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