A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Kazerun in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.46 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/01/18 / 2018-01-30 19:36:19 / January 30, 2018 @ 7:36 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 51.3991 East, latitude 29.5647 North, depth = 19.46 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000crgc. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000crgc. The temblor was detected at 23:06:19 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bandar-e Būshehr, Bandar-e Ganāveh, Nūrābād. The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 25 km WSW of Kazerun, Iran.
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