A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. All ids that are associated to the event: us60003s50. Unique identifier: us60003s50. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/05/19 / 2019-05-25 18:26:41 / May 25, 2019 @ 6:26 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 45.7736 East, latitude 34.8263 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:56:41 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baynjiwayn, As Sulaymānīyah, Kifrī (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Baynjiwayn (c. 27 100 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km NNW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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