A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbas in Iran. All ids that are associated to the event: us70005h57. Unique identifier: us70005h57. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/19 / 2019-09-16 16:55:42 / September 16, 2019 @ 4:55 pm. The temblor was detected at 20:25:42 / 8:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 56.2691° East, 27.6512° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Qeshm, Bandar ‘Abbās (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 51 km N of Bandar ‘Abbas, Iran.
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