A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 26 kilometers (16 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 12.4 km (8 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.6966 East, latitude 34.2619 North, depth = 12.4 km. The temblor was reported at 20:47:33 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/01/19 / 2019-01-04 17:17:33 / January 4, 2019 @ 5:17 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j0bh. Id of event: us2000j0bh.
Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kifrī, Al Miqdādīyah, Mandalī.
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km SW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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