A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c0pw. Id of event: us1000c0pw. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 45.7971° East, latitude 34.4279° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:31:05 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/17 / 2017-12-20 20:01:05 / December 20, 2017 @ 8:01 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Al Miqdādīyah, Pāveh, (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 WSW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.
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