A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Ravar in Iran. Event id: us1000buiv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000buiv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 56.281 East, latitude 31.3604 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 17:04:46 / December 21, 2017 @ 5:04 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 20:34:46 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bāfq, Zarand, Rāvar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Bāfq (c. 31 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km WNW of Ravar, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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