A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Paveh in Iran on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 46.1937 East, latitude 34.9815 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 09:49:50 / 9:49 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000br9p. Unique identifier: us2000br9p. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 06:19:50 / November 19, 2017 @ 6:19 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Sanandaj (c. 349 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Baynjiwayn (c. 27 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sanandaj, Baynjiwayn, Kāmyārān (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km WSW of Paveh, Iran.
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