A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 51 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). Event id: us1000bvux. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bvux. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 56.2667° East, latitude 31.2886° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/12/17 / 2017-12-25 05:25:38 / December 25, 2017 @ 5:25 am. The temblor was reported at 08:55:38 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bāfq (c. 31 200 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bāfq, Zarand, Rāvar.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 51 km W of Ravar, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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