A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Kish in Iran on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:00:12 / 5:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 53.3616 East, latitude 27.0395 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000by5n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000by5n. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/17 / 2017-12-30 13:30:12 / December 30, 2017 @ 1:30 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kīsh. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Kīsh (c. 20 900 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 84 km NW of Kish, Iran.
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