A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Shahrak-e Kūlūrī in Iran. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c7ta. Unique identifier: us6000c7ta. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/10/20 / 2020-10-07 21:13:17 / October 7, 2020 @ 9:13 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:13:17 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 48.5756 East, latitude 32.366 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Masjed Soleymān, Shūshtar, Shūsh (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 9 km E of Shahrak-e Kūlūrī, Iran.
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