A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Bam in Iran on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/12/17 / 2017-12-25 03:34:06 / December 25, 2017 @ 3:34 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 57.6183 East, latitude 29.1799 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000bvu0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bvu0. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:04:06 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bam. The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Bam (c. 99 300 pop).
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. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 72 km W of Bam, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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