A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh in Iran. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/10/19 / 2019-10-29 16:23:46 / October 29, 2019 @ 4:23 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:53:46 / 7:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000642h. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000642h. Exact location of earthquake, 54.9044° East, 27.0853° North, depth 10 km.
The epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandar-e Lengeh (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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