A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Kerman in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 57.2832 East, latitude 30.7687 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/02/18 / 2018-02-19 13:56:46 / February 19, 2018 @ 1:56 pm. The temblor was detected at 17:26:46 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000d9nc. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d9nc.
Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Kermān (c. 577 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shahrak-e Pābedānā, Rāvar, Zarand.
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 thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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: 57 km NNE of Kerman, Iran.
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