A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Aghajari in Iran. Id of earthquake: us70006c7n. Event ids that are associated: us70006c7n. Exact location of event, longitude 49.9498 East, latitude 30.8473 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 23/11/19 / 2019-11-23 13:45:31 / November 23, 2019 @ 1:45 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly 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). The temblor was picked up at 17:15:31 / 5:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (25 miles) from Behbahān (c. 79 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Dehdasht (c. 69 700 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Omīdīyeh (c. 47 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Aghajari (c. 21 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Rāmshīr (c. 19 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dehdasht, Rāmhormoz, Rāmshīr (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km NE of Aghajari, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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