A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Gonābād in Iran on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 58.235° East, 34.3382° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:30:18 / 8:30 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/03/21 / 2021-03-10 20:30:18 / March 10, 2021 @ 8:30 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000dhxs. Event ids that are associated: us7000dhxs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Gonābād (c. 43 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gonābād (min 5000 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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