A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 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). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:01:18 / 9:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.7095 East, latitude 34.3095 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/11/18 / 2018-11-25 17:31:18 / November 25, 2018 @ 5:31 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hyc0. Unique identifier: us1000hyc0.
Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Javānrūd, Kifrī, Al Miqdādīyah.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km SW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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