A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, Eastern Iran kilometers (0 miles) from Eastern Iran. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 57.0594 East, latitude 30.9243 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000b559. Unique identifier: us6000b559. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:06:40 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter). 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). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/20 / 2020-07-28 06:06:40 / July 28, 2020 @ 6:06 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Kermān (c. 577 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kermān, Shahrak-e Pābedānā, Zarand (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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