A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbas in Iran. Id of earthquake: us70006sg8. Event ids that are associated: us70006sg8. The temblor was picked up at 17:19:45 / 5:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 56.5121 East, latitude 27.4135 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/19 / 2019-12-30 13:49:45 / December 30, 2019 @ 1:49 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Mīnāb (c. 70 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mīnāb, Qeshm, Bandar ‘Abbās (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 34 km NE of Bandar ‘Abbas, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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