A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Khorramabad in Iran. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hibf. Id of event: us1000hibf. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/10/18 / 2018-10-28 23:22:43 / October 28, 2018 @ 11:22 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:52:43 / 2:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 48.5175 East, latitude 33.1165 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Khorramābād (c. 329 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Borūjerd (c. 252 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Aznā (c. 47 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Aleshtar (c. 27 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Borūjerd, Aleshtar, Aznā (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 43 km SSE of Khorramabad, Iran.
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