A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Kazerun in Iran on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iuqb. Id of event: us2000iuqb. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 51.9994° East, latitude 29.4213° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/18 / 2018-12-11 22:45:34 / December 11, 2018 @ 10:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:15:34 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nūrābād, Fīrūzābād, Akbarābād (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Shiraz (c. 1 249 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Akbarābād (c. 98 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 40 km ESE of Kazerun, Iran.
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