A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Kuh Sefid in Iran on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/05/19 / 2019-05-30 23:09:12 / May 30, 2019 @ 11:09 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 56.3353° East, 29.1614° North. The temblor was reported at 02:39:12 / 2:39 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003tgq. Unique identifier: us70003tgq. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Sirjan (c. 207 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Bardsīr (c. 37 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bardsīr, Sirjan.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days five 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. 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 WSW of Kuh Sefid, Iran.
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