A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:31:46 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 45.8066 East, latitude 34.6025 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c1lv. Id of event: us1000c1lv. Global time and date of event 07/01/18 / 2018-01-07 02:01:46 / January 7, 2018 @ 2:01 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kifrī, Pāveh, Javānrūd.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km NNW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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