A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh in Iran. Exact location of event, longitude 55.0669 East, latitude 27.278 North, depth = 10 km. 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. All ids that are associated to the event: us700061np. Unique identifier: us700061np. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/10/19 / 2019-10-22 22:10:03 / October 22, 2019 @ 10:10 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:40:03 / 1:40 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bandar-e Lengeh.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 81 km NNE of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran.
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