A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. Exact location of earthquake, 45.6262° East, 34.3294° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hwy4. Unique identifier: us1000hwy4. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:06:33 / 10:06 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/18 / 2018-11-27 06:36:33 / November 27, 2018 @ 6:36 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Javānrūd, Al Miqdādīyah, Kifrī (min 5000 pop). Close 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. 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 eleven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 26 km SW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.
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