A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran on Monday. Id of earthquake: us2000bmlf. Event ids that are associated: us2000bmlf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.12 km (15 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/11/17 / 2017-11-13 13:12:38 / November 13, 2017 @ 1:12 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 45.7601° East, 34.3037° North, depth 24.12 km. The temblor was reported at 16:42:38 / 4:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pāveh, Īlām.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km SSW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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