A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Mehran in Iran. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 46.0805° East, 32.8462° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/04/18 / 2018-04-28 01:13:19 / April 28, 2018 @ 1:13 am. Unique identifier: us1000dtrq. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dtrq. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:13:19 / 4:13 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Alī al Gharbī, Al Kūt (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Al Kūt (c. 315 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from (c. 78 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from ‘Alī al Gharbī (c. 19 700 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop). Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km SSW of Mehran, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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