A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Jahrom in Iran. Exact location of earthquake, 53.6458° East, 28.4728° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:57:23 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70005qbt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005qbt. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/10/19 / 2019-10-03 18:27:23 / October 3, 2019 @ 6:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dārāb, Fasā. Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Fasā (c. 98 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Dārāb (c. 63 300 pop). Close 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. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km ESE of Jahrom, Iran.
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