A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. The temblor was reported at 20:39:36 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter). 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). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hwe7. Id of event: us1000hwe7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/18 / 2018-11-25 17:09:36 / November 25, 2018 @ 5:09 pm. Exact location, longitude 45.6848° East, latitude 34.4338° North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 109 km (68 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tozkhurmato, Pāveh, (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km W of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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