A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Darab in Iran. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000bsxw. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bsxw. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 54.2937° East, 28.7252° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/17 / 2017-12-19 06:00:34 / December 19, 2017 @ 6:00 am. The temblor was reported at 09:30:34 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fasā, Neyrīz, Dārāb (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Fasā (c. 98 100 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Dārāb (c. 63 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Neyrīz (c. 45 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 24 km W of Darab, Iran.
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