A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Masjed Soleymān in Iran. Id of earthquake: us7000ck3f. Event ids that are associated: us7000ck3f. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/11/20 / 2020-11-23 14:26:24 / November 23, 2020 @ 2:26 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 49.1822° East, 32.0827° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:26:24 / 2:26 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shūsh, Shūshtar, Masjed Soleymān. The epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 19 km NW of Masjed Soleymān, Iran.
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