A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, western Iran kilometers (0 miles) from western Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/05/18 / 2018-05-22 00:35:57 / May 22, 2018 @ 12:35 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.02 km (9 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:35:57 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000ec06. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ec06. Exact location, longitude 46.0056° East, latitude 34.9042° North, depth = 14.02 km.
Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was As Sulaymānīyah, Kāmyārān, Baynjiwayn (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Baynjiwayn (c. 27 100 pop).
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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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