A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Lar in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 54.8545 East, latitude 27.6248 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 08:34:47 / 8:34 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/18 / 2018-07-22 05:04:47 / July 22, 2018 @ 5:04 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gb1c. Id of event: us2000gb1c.
Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Gerāsh (c. 25 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gerāsh (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 50 km E of Lar, Iran.
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