A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Kerman in Iran on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 57.365° East, 30.6537° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/02/18 / 2018-02-09 05:08:40 / February 9, 2018 @ 5:08 am. Id of earthquake: us2000czbz. Event ids that are associated: us2000czbz. The temblor was detected at 08:38:40 / 8:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rāvar, Zarand, Kermān (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (31 miles) from Kermān (c. 577 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 49 km NNE of Kerman, Iran.
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