A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Abdanan in Iran. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 47.4928 East, latitude 33.1622 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/19 / 2019-07-31 20:20:50 / July 31, 2019 @ 8:20 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us60004y79. Unique identifier: us60004y79. The temblor was reported at 23:50:50 / 11:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Khorramābād (c. 329 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Kūhdasht (c. 100 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Dehlorān (c. 46 000 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Darreh Shahr (c. 25 000 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Ābdānān (c. 19 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorramābād, Dehlorān, Kūhdasht. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km NNE of Abdanan, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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