A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Borazjan in Iran on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000iznl. Unique identifier: us2000iznl. The temblor was detected at 20:09:16 / 8:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/01/19 / 2019-01-01 16:39:16 / January 1, 2019 @ 4:39 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 51.2714° East, 29.4424° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khārk, Nūrābād, Bandar-e Ganāveh (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km NNE of Borazjan, Iran.
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