A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Javanrud in Iran on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/17 / 2017-12-01 19:27:08 / December 1, 2017 @ 7:27 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bk0w. Unique identifier: us1000bk0w. Exact location of event, longitude 46.4214 East, latitude 34.3493 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:57:08 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Īlām, Pāveh, Kāmyārān (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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