A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Bandar Bushehr in Iran on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 51.5964° East, 28.5436° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:18:09 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 04:48:09 / January 6, 2019 @ 4:48 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000j0pj. Event ids that are associated: us2000j0pj.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Borāzjān, Bandar-e Būshehr (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 87 km ESE of Bandar Bushehr, Iran.
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