A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Damghan in Iran on Thursday. Exact location, longitude 54.3827° East, latitude 35.9251° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 06:27:32 / July 4, 2019 @ 6:27 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 09:57:32 / 9:57 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us700049tk. Event ids that are associated: us700049tk.
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (48 miles) from Shahrud (c. 131 900 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Semnān (c. 124 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Dāmghān (c. 67 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Mahdishahr (c. 21 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Semnān, Mahdishahr, Shahrud. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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