A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Ravar in Iran on Thursday. Global time and date of event 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 18:33:43 / December 21, 2017 @ 6:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 56.1798 East, latitude 31.3653 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:03:43 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000bull. Event ids that are associated: us1000bull.
Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bāfq, Zarand, Rāvar (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Bāfq (c. 31 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 60 km W of Ravar, Iran.
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