A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Istgah-e Garmsar in Iran on Monday. Global time and date of event 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 13:50:06 / January 15, 2018 @ 1:50 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000cjnq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cjnq. Exact location, longitude 52.723° East, latitude 35.6394° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 17:20:06 / 5:20 pm (local time epicenter). 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).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Semnān (c. 124 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Īstgāh-e Rāh Āhan-e Garmsār (c. 49 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Damāvand (c. 29 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Mahdishahr (c. 21 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sharīfābād (c. 8 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sharīfābād, Semnān, Damāvand. Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 58 km NE of Istgah-e Garmsar, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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