A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:35:13 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/09/18 / 2018-09-13 17:05:13 / September 13, 2018 @ 5:05 pm UTC/GMT. 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). Unique identifier: us2000he22. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000he22. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.9602° East, 34.7191° North.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kifrī, Kāmyārān, Javānrūd (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (56 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 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 two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 29 km NNE of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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