A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bszm. Id of event: us1000bszm. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.4 km (8 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 45.7205 East, latitude 34.7169 North, depth = 12.4 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:45:46 / 12:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 19/12/17 / 2017-12-19 09:15:46 / December 19, 2017 @ 9:15 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Javānrūd, Kifrī, Pāveh (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 31 km NNW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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