A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Qeshm in Iran. Unique identifier: us2000jni3. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jni3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 18:26:38 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/02/19 / 2019-02-10 14:56:38 / February 10, 2019 @ 2:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 55.5816° East, latitude 27.0121° North, depth = 10 km.
The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar ‘Abbās, Qeshm. Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 68 km W of Qeshm, Iran.
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