A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us700063wv. Event ids that are associated: us700063wv. The temblor was detected at 15:53:36 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 54.895° East, 27.1393° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/11/19 / 2019-11-06 12:23:36 / November 6, 2019 @ 12:23 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gerāsh, Bandar-e Lengeh. Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Gerāsh (c. 25 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop). Nearby 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 two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 64 km N of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran.
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