A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Ramhormoz in Iran. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 49.3884 East, latitude 31.1499 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000cka7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cka7. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/01/18 / 2018-01-02 23:39:14 / January 2, 2018 @ 11:39 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:09:14 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Omīdīyeh (c. 47 000 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Shādegān (c. 37 200 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Aghajari (c. 21 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shādegān, Masjed Soleymān, Ahvaz (min 5000 pop).
Every 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 25 km SW of Ramhormoz, Iran.
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