A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70004qwn. Unique identifier: us70004qwn. Exact location of event, longitude 55.0186 East, latitude 26.7275 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/07/19 / 2019-07-22 22:59:01 / July 22, 2019 @ 10:59 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 02:29:01 / 2:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kīsh, Bandar-e Lengeh (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Kīsh (c. 20 900 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km NE of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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