A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Susangerd in Iran. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/11/18 / 2018-11-11 13:49:19 / November 11, 2018 @ 1:49 pm. The temblor was picked up at 17:19:19 / 5:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 48.2291° East, 31.3121° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hsv2. Id of event: us1000hsv2.
The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Al Hārithah (c. 92 400 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Sūsangerd (c. 41 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Shādegān (c. 37 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shādegān, Al Hārithah, Ahvaz (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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 S of Susangerd, Iran.
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