A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Ravar in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 56.2756 East, latitude 31.3949 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bvuu. Unique identifier: us1000bvuu. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:45:10 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/12/17 / 2017-12-25 05:15:10 / December 25, 2017 @ 5:15 am.
Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bāfq (c. 31 200 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bāfq, Zarand, Rāvar (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 52 km WNW of Ravar, Iran.
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