A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Sarakhs in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.25 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:36:43 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e22y. Unique identifier: us1000e22y. Exact location of event, longitude 61.1694 East, latitude 36.3962 North, depth = 17.25 km. Global time and date of event 10/05/18 / 2018-05-10 15:36:43 / May 10, 2018 @ 3:36 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sarakhs. Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). The epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) from Sarakhs (c. 46 500 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km S of Sarakhs, Iran.
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