A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 93 km NNE of Bandar ‘Abbas, Iran (58 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 09/02/19 / 2019-02-09 07:19:46 / February 9, 2019 @ 7:19 am UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:49:46 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000jng6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jng6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 56.6045 East, latitude 27.9816 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km NNE of Bandar ‘Abbas, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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