A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Minab in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h327. Unique identifier: us1000h327. The temblor was picked up at 03:44:08 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 57.4244 East, latitude 27.0518 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 27/09/18 / 2018-09-27 00:14:08 / September 27, 2018 @ 12:14 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (21 miles) from Mīnāb (c. 70 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mīnāb. Close country/countries that might be effected, 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 35 km ESE of Minab, Iran.
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