A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Shah Pasand in Iran on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:02:12 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 55.2469° East, 36.8332° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/02/18 / 2018-02-17 22:32:12 / February 17, 2018 @ 10:32 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d3zf. Unique identifier: us2000d3zf.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorgān, Kalāleh, Shahrud. Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Gorgān (c. 244 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Shahrud (c. 131 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Gonbad-e Kāvūs (c. 131 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Āzādshahr (c. 47 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kalāleh (c. 33 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Āq Qāyeh (c. 5 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 28 km SSE of Shah Pasand, Iran.
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