A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Semirom in Iran. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 01:41:31 / June 13, 2018 @ 1:41 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 05:11:31 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter). 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: us1000ephz. Unique identifier: us1000ephz. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 50.9897 East, latitude 31.5102 North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Shahrekord (c. 129 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Dehdasht (c. 69 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Borūjen (c. 52 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Farrokh Shahr (c. 32 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Semīrom (c. 27 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Fārsān (c. 25 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fārsān, Shahrekord, Dehdasht. Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km W of Semirom, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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