A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Shush in Iran on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ecw9. Unique identifier: us1000ecw9. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/18 / 2018-05-27 04:45:19 / May 27, 2018 @ 4:45 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 48.3618 East, latitude 32.0859 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:15:19 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ahvaz, Masjed Soleymān, Sūsangerd (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sūsangerd (c. 41 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SE of Shush, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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