A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Fārsān in Iran. 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: us6000b8ru. Id of event: us6000b8ru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 03:56:02 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 50.6973° East, 31.777° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/20 / 2020-07-28 03:56:02 / July 28, 2020 @ 3:56 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Semīrom, Shahrekord, Farrokh Shahr. Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Shahrekord (c. 129 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Borūjen (c. 52 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Farrokh Shahr (c. 32 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Semīrom (c. 27 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Fārsān (c. 25 100 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km SSE of Fārsān, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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