A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbas in Iran. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 56.572° East, 27.5699° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000jm9p. Event ids that are associated: us1000jm9p. The temblor was reported at 09:49:30 / 9:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/03/19 / 2019-03-27 06:19:30 / March 27, 2019 @ 6:19 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Mīnāb (c. 70 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Qeshm, Mīnāb, Bandar ‘Abbās.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km NE of Bandar ‘Abbas, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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