A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Qeshm in Iran on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us70005de5. Unique identifier: us70005de5. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 55.6394° East, 26.9212° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/19 / 2019-09-08 10:53:27 / September 8, 2019 @ 10:53 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:23:27 / 2:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar ‘Abbās, Qeshm. Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 62 km W of Qeshm, Iran.
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