A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/11/18 / 2018-11-26 00:38:37 / November 26, 2018 @ 12:38 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 45.7269° East, 34.4229° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 04:08:37 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hwjc. Id of event: us1000hwjc.
Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pāveh, Al Miqdādīyah, (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km WSW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.
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