A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Masjed Soleyman in Iran on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 15:18:36 / June 17, 2018 @ 3:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eyf9. Id of event: us1000eyf9. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 49.5661 East, latitude 32.3968 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:48:36 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Fārsān (c. 25 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Fareydūnshahr (c. 11 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fārsān, Fareydūnshahr, Shūshtar (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 56 km NNE of Masjed Soleyman, Iran.
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