A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Susangerd in Iran. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:54:42 / 5:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 48.2826° East, 31.8446° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/05/18 / 2018-05-26 14:24:42 / May 26, 2018 @ 2:24 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000ees2. Event ids that are associated: us1000ees2.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ahvaz, Shūshtar, Shūsh. The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Sūsangerd (c. 41 400 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km NNE of Susangerd, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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