A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Gerash in Iran. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/12/17 / 2017-12-24 10:57:21 / December 24, 2017 @ 10:57 am. Unique identifier: us1000bvlv. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bvlv. The temblor was picked up at 14:27:21 / 2:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.43 km (29 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 53.4511° East, 27.7524° North, depth 46.43 km.
The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Gerāsh (c. 25 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gerāsh. Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km W of Gerash, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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