A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Javanrud in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 19:19:08 / January 5, 2019 @ 7:19 pm. The temblor was reported at 22:49:08 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 46.2522° East, latitude 34.6381° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j0j8. Unique identifier: us2000j0j8. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kermānshāh, Kahrīz, Kāmyārān. Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 29 km SW of Javanrud, Iran.
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