A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Rāvar in Iran on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000bcpc. Unique identifier: us6000bcpc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 57.0826 East, latitude 31.0235 North, depth = 10 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:55:07 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/20 / 2020-08-05 18:55:07 / August 5, 2020 @ 6:55 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kermān, Shahrak-e Pābedānā, Zarand (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Kermān (c. 577 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 37 km SE of Rāvar, Iran.
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