A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Shushtar in Iran. Exact location of earthquake, 48.8549° East, 31.7158° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ci70. Id of event: us2000ci70. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/12/17 / 2017-12-26 14:00:38 / December 26, 2017 @ 2:00 pm. The temblor was picked up at 17:30:38 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sūsangerd (c. 41 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rāmhormoz, Shūsh, Sūsangerd.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. 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: 36 km S of Shushtar, Iran.
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