A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Fīrūzābād in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 11/08/20 / 2020-08-11 06:31:48 / August 11, 2020 @ 6:31 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000bcht. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000bcht. Exact location of earthquake, 51.9797° East, 28.6581° North, depth 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:31:48 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fīrūzābād. Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 61 km WSW of Fīrūzābād, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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