A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 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). The temblor was picked up at 16:15:15 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 57.3258° East, 30.6069° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us1000dbdh. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dbdh. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/03/18 / 2018-03-30 12:45:15 / March 30, 2018 @ 12:45 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Kermān (c. 577 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rāvar, Zarand, Kermān.
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 thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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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