A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Javanrud in Iran. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000g5xp. Unique identifier: us2000g5xp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:03:52 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/18 / 2018-07-16 05:33:52 / July 16, 2018 @ 5:33 am. Exact location of earthquake, 46.311° East, 34.6141° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kermānshāh, Kahrīz, (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 27 km SW of Javanrud, Iran.
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