A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Minab in Iran on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 57.1286 East, latitude 27.8717 North, depth = 34.1 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.1 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000avsx. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000avsx. Global time and date of event 23/10/17 / 2017-10-23 00:24:18 / October 23, 2017 @ 12:24 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 03:54:18 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mīnāb. Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Mīnāb (c. 70 800 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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: 80 km N of Minab, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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