A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Kuh Sefid in Iran on Sunday. Unique identifier: us1000h4n3. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h4n3. Global time and date of event 30/09/18 / 2018-09-30 13:23:27 / September 30, 2018 @ 1:23 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:53:27 / 4:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 57.508° East, latitude 28.9185° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bam (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Bam (c. 99 300 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 79 km ESE of Kuh Sefid, Iran.
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