A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran on Thursday. Unique identifier: us2000d12d. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d12d. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:14:48 / 11:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/02/18 / 2018-02-01 20:14:48 / February 1, 2018 @ 8:14 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 45.4786 East, latitude 34.5902 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pāveh, Mandalī, Al Miqdādīyah (min 5000 pop).
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 twenty-seven and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 38 km WNW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.
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