A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Borazjan in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:53:57 / 4:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 51.2736° East, 29.1059° North, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/10/18 / 2018-10-06 01:23:57 / October 6, 2018 @ 1:23 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000h7yt. Event ids that are associated: us1000h7yt.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kāzerūn, Bandar-e Būshehr, Borāzjān (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 18 km SSE of Borazjan, Iran.
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