A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Masjed Soleyman in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 10:56:19 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 07:26:19 / July 8, 2019 @ 7:26 am. Exact location of event, longitude 49.4485 East, latitude 31.7965 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us70004ekb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004ekb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ahvaz, Shūshtar, Rāmhormoz (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 20 km SE of Masjed Soleyman, Iran.
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