A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported southern Iran kilometers (0 miles) from southern Iran on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 14:04:50 / June 18, 2018 @ 2:04 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 14:04:50 / 2:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 50.851° East, 30.2796° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000eypf. Unique identifier: us1000eypf.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandar-e Ganāveh, Yasuj, Behbahān (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Yasuj (c. 96 800 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Behbahān (c. 79 300 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Dehdasht (c. 69 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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