A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Shush in Iran on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 48.3771° East, latitude 32.126° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:52:51 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000e8yl. Event ids that are associated: us1000e8yl. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 11:22:51 / May 20, 2018 @ 11:22 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Masjed Soleymān, Sūsangerd, Shūshtar. Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Sūsangerd (c. 41 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 14 km ESE of Shush, Iran.
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