A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Malard in Iran. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/17 / 2017-12-20 19:57:37 / December 20, 2017 @ 7:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:27:37 / 11:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 50.9494° East, 35.6538° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us1000btwi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000btwi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Damāvand, Sāveh, Pīshvā (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Tehrān (c. 7 153 300 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Karaj (c. 1 448 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Qarchak (c. 251 800 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from (c. 213 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Varāmīn (c. 179 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Sāveh (c. 175 500 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Shahre Jadide Andisheh (c. 80 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km WSW of Malard, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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