A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Piranshahr in Iran on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 02:37:17 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us600068wr. Ids that are associated to the event: us600068wr. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/11/19 / 2019-11-07 23:07:17 / November 7, 2019 @ 11:07 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.183° East, 36.7239° North.
Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Orūmīyeh (c. 577 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Būkān (c. 213 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mahābād (c. 162 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mīāndoāb (c. 132 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Naqadeh (c. 73 500 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Piranshahr (c. 62 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Būkān, Orūmīyeh, Koysinceq (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km NE of Piranshahr, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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