A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Shushtar in Iran on Monday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:08:06 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000488s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000488s. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/07/19 / 2019-07-01 19:38:06 / July 1, 2019 @ 7:38 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 48.9773° East, latitude 32.2437° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shūsh, Masjed Soleymān, Shūshtar. Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (29 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 24 km NNE of Shushtar, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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