A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:29:25 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000j0tw. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j0tw. Exact location, longitude 45.4834° East, latitude 34.2024° North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 14:29:25 / January 6, 2019 @ 2:29 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kifrī, Al Miqdādīyah, Mandalī.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 45 km SW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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