A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Minab in Iran. Global time and date of event 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 23:46:32 / June 27, 2018 @ 11:46 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 57.2231° East, latitude 27.5926° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000fpp4. Event ids that are associated: us2000fpp4. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:16:32 / 3:16 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Mīnāb (c. 70 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mīnāb (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km NNE of Minab, Iran.
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