A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Qazvin in Iran. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:28:49 / 8:28 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 50.0158 East, latitude 36.6464 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us70005h6u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005h6u. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/09/19 / 2019-09-16 16:58:49 / September 16, 2019 @ 4:58 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abhar, Nashtā Rūd (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Rasht (c. 594 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Qazvin (c. 333 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from (c. 213 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Alvand (c. 74 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Tākestān (c. 71 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Abhar (c. 69 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km N of Qazvin, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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