A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Herowabad in Iran. Unique identifier: us700069au. Ids that are associated to the event: us700069au. The temblor was picked up at 04:08:41 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 47.7997 East, latitude 37.7639 North, depth = 14.02 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.02 km (9 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/11/19 / 2019-11-18 00:38:41 / November 18, 2019 @ 12:38 am.
Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Ardabīl (c. 410 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Khalkhāl (c. 51 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hashtrūd (c. 16 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hashtrūd, Ardabīl, Khalkhāl (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km WNW of Herowabad, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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