A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Ramhormoz in Iran. Unique identifier: us2000b1dj. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000b1dj. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 49.1899 East, latitude 31.277 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:41:08 / 1:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/10/17 / 2017-10-05 10:11:08 / October 5, 2017 @ 10:11 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Omīdīyeh (c. 47 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Shādegān (c. 37 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Aghajari (c. 21 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shūshtar, Aghajari, Shādegān (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km W of Ramhormoz, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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