A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:49:06 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 46.1985 East, latitude 34.5645 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us1000ht9l. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ht9l. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/18 / 2018-11-17 19:19:06 / November 17, 2018 @ 7:19 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kermānshāh, Kahrīz, Kāmyārān. Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 32 km ENE of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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