A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh in Iran. Exact location, longitude 55.0031° East, latitude 27.2213° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:30:56 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us600068qk. Ids that are associated to the event: us600068qk. Global time and date of event 07/11/19 / 2019-11-07 18:00:56 / November 7, 2019 @ 6:00 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 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. Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km N of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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