A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh in Iran on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006179. Id of event: us70006179. Exact location of event, longitude 55.063 East, latitude 27.2424 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/10/19 / 2019-10-21 13:16:17 / October 21, 2019 @ 1:16 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:46:17 / 4:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandar-e Lengeh.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km NNE of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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