A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Borazjan in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 51.1637° East, latitude 29.2303° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/01/18 / 2018-01-22 13:37:10 / January 22, 2018 @ 1:37 pm. Unique identifier: us1000ceal. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ceal. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:07:10 / 5:07 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khārk, Bandar-e Ganāveh, Kāzerūn. The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SW of Borazjan, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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