A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Bardaskan in Iran. Global time and date of event 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 23:09:28 / April 18, 2024 @ 11:09 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:09:28 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000md15. Event ids that are associated: us7000md15. Exact location, longitude 57.5778° East, latitude 35.5841° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kāshmar, Sabzevar. The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Sabzevar (c. 226 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kāshmar (c. 96 200 pop).
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. 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 have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 50 km NW of Bardaskan, Iran.
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