A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Bam in Iran. Exact location, longitude 58.2526° East, latitude 29.0767° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:57:14 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000is46. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000is46. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/01/19 / 2019-01-14 01:27:14 / January 14, 2019 @ 1:27 am.
Epicenter of the event was 11 km (7 miles) from Bam (c. 99 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bam (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 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: 10 km WSW of Bam, Iran.
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