A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh in Iran. The temblor was reported at 11:39:10 / 11:39 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.23 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/05/19 / 2019-05-13 08:09:10 / May 13, 2019 @ 8:09 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003k9a. Id of event: us70003k9a. Exact location of event, depth 26.23 km, 55.2716° East, 26.8013° North.
Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 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. Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 47 km NE of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran.
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