A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000bmcm. Event ids that are associated: us1000bmcm. The temblor was detected at 06:30:28 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/17 / 2017-11-27 03:00:28 / November 27, 2017 @ 3:00 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 45.7052° East, 34.8224° North, depth 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baynjiwayn, As Sulaymānīyah, Javānrūd (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Baynjiwayn (c. 27 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 42 km NNW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.
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