A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Mohr in Iran on Tuesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:34:21 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000bji4. Event ids that are associated: us7000bji4. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/20 / 2020-09-08 01:34:21 / September 8, 2020 @ 1:34 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.76 km (10 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 53.218 East, latitude 27.809 North, depth = 16.76 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gerāsh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Gerāsh (c. 25 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 43 km NE of Mohr, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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