A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Gonbad-e Kāvūs in Iran. Event id: us7000bj2i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bj2i. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:34:28 / 9:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/09/20 / 2020-09-06 21:34:28 / September 6, 2020 @ 9:34 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 55.1327 East, latitude 37.252 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shahrud, Gorgān, Kalāleh. Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Gorgān (c. 244 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Shahrud (c. 131 900 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Gonbad-e Kāvūs (c. 131 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Āzādshahr (c. 47 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Kalāleh (c. 33 700 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Āq Qāyeh (c. 5 100 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km W of Gonbad-e Kāvūs, Iran.
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