A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Borazjan in Iran. The temblor was picked up at 05:50:02 / 5:50 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 51.2874° East, 29.195° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 02:20:02 / January 8, 2020 @ 2:20 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006w5q. Id of event: us70006w5q.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khārk, Bandar-e Ganāveh, Kāzerūn. The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 10 km SE of Borazjan, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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