A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Dehdasht in Iran on Friday. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us70008k9s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008k9s. The temblor was detected at 10:51:53 / 10:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 50.532° East, 30.6432° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 27/03/20 / 2020-03-27 07:21:53 / March 27, 2020 @ 7:21 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Omīdīyeh, Aghajari, Dogonbadan. Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Behbahān (c. 79 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Dehdasht (c. 69 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Omīdīyeh (c. 47 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Aghajari (c. 21 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km S of Dehdasht, Iran.
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