A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/09/18 / 2018-09-09 23:53:55 / September 9, 2018 @ 11:53 pm. Event id: us2000hbmw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hbmw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.7981 East, latitude 34.3933 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 03:23:55 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pāveh, Kifrī. The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km SW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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