A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Semnan in Iran. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us700061lf. Ids that are associated to the event: us700061lf. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/10/19 / 2019-10-31 14:58:39 / October 31, 2019 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT. 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, 53.3448° East, 35.4863° North. The temblor was reported at 18:28:39 / 6:28 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mahdishahr, Semnān (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Semnān (c. 124 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Mahdishahr (c. 21 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km SSW of Semnan, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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