A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Firuzabad in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 17:05:27 / January 13, 2018 @ 5:05 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:35:27 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cjax. Unique identifier: us2000cjax. Exact location, longitude 52.0964° East, latitude 28.8201° North, depth = 10 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shiraz, Akbarābād, Fīrūzābād (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 97 km (61 miles) from Shiraz (c. 1 249 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Akbarābād (c. 98 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 46 km W of Firuzabad, Iran.
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