A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. Global time and date of event 06/01/18 / 2018-01-06 15:22:09 / January 6, 2018 @ 3:22 pm UTC/GMT. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:52:09 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000c1fi. Event ids that are associated: us1000c1fi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 45.7993 East, latitude 34.6494 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mandalī, Kifrī, Javānrūd (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km NNW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.
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