A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Javanrud in Iran on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 46.1835° East, 34.7109° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:02:09 / 12:02 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/11/18 / 2018-11-05 20:32:09 / November 5, 2018 @ 8:32 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i75n. Id of event: us2000i75n. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kermānshāh, Kahrīz, Kāmyārān. Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 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 two and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km WSW of Javanrud, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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