A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh in Iran. Global time and date of event 31/10/19 / 2019-10-31 15:43:59 / October 31, 2019 @ 3:43 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:43:59 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us700061lx. Unique identifier: us700061lx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 54.6918° East, 26.1558° North, depth 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kīsh (c. 20 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kīsh, Bandar-e Lengeh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km SSW of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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