A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Javanrud in Iran. Event id: us1000c351. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c351. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:26:29 / 7:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 46.664° East, latitude 34.6841° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/18 / 2018-01-10 15:56:29 / January 10, 2018 @ 3:56 pm.
Nearby 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 Harsīn, Sonqor, (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Sanandaj (c. 349 200 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Harsīn (c. 57 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km SE of Javanrud, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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