A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Kerman in Iran. Exact location of earthquake, 57.3728° East, 30.7245° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/17 / 2017-12-01 03:35:02 / December 1, 2017 @ 3:35 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bjq8. Unique identifier: us1000bjq8. The temblor was detected at 07:05:02 / 7:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shahrak-e Pābedānā, Rāvar, Zarand (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Kermān (c. 577 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 56 km NNE of Kerman, Iran.
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