A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Masjed Soleyman in Iran. 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 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:10:27 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70004p0e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004p0e. Exact location of earthquake, 49.1873° East, 31.7642° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/19 / 2019-07-10 20:40:27 / July 10, 2019 @ 8:40 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ahvaz, Rāmhormoz, Shūshtar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 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 two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km SSW of Masjed Soleyman, Iran.
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