A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Paveh in Iran on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gbit. Id of event: us2000gbit. The temblor was detected at 04:29:52 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 46.392 East, latitude 34.9703 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 00:59:52 / July 23, 2018 @ 12:59 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Sanandaj (c. 349 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kahrīz, Baynjiwayn, Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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