A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:19:25 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/09/18 / 2018-09-30 23:49:25 / September 30, 2018 @ 11:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 46.1428° East, 34.5426° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us1000h4tc. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h4tc.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kermānshāh, Kahrīz, Kāmyārān. Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop). Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 27 km ENE of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.
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