A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Javanrud in Iran. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 46.2405 East, latitude 34.6362 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ghdx. Unique identifier: us1000ghdx. The temblor was picked up at 02:55:06 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/08/18 / 2018-08-25 23:25:06 / August 25, 2018 @ 11:25 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 31 km (19 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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kermānshāh, Kahrīz, Kāmyārān.
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. 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 ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km SW of Javanrud, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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