A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Malard in Iran. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/12/17 / 2017-12-26 21:24:33 / December 26, 2017 @ 9:24 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000bwij. Event ids that are associated: us1000bwij. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 50.8996 East, latitude 35.6917 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 00:54:33 / 12:54 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Tehrān (c. 7 153 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Karaj (c. 1 448 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Qarchak (c. 251 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from (c. 213 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Varāmīn (c. 179 600 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Sāveh (c. 175 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sāveh, Pīshvā, Sharīfābād.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km WNW of Malard, Iran.
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