A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Dezful in Iran. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 48.6042° East, 32.5662° North. The temblor was detected at 15:18:56 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006x24. Unique identifier: us70006x24. Global time and date of event 22/12/19 / 2019-12-22 11:48:56 / December 22, 2019 @ 11:48 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shūshtar, Shūsh. Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km NE of Dezful, Iran.
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