A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:27:40 / 11:27 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000bmnz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bmnz. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.7833 East, latitude 34.5703 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/17 / 2017-12-06 07:57:40 / December 6, 2017 @ 7:57 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mandalī, Kifrī, Pāveh (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 14 km NNW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.
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