A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Shushtar in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/05/18 / 2018-05-22 14:48:51 / May 22, 2018 @ 2:48 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 48.552 East, latitude 32.1185 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:18:51 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ec0t. Unique identifier: us1000ec0t.
Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Sūsangerd (c. 41 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ahvaz, Masjed Soleymān, Sūsangerd (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 29 km WNW of Shushtar, Iran.
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