A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Dāmghān in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 22:32:01 / April 18, 2024 @ 10:32 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 54.0829° East, latitude 36.3426° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:32:01 / 10:32 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000md12. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000md12.
The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Gorgān (c. 244 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Shahrud (c. 131 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Behshahr (c. 93 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Dāmghān (c. 67 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Nekā (c. 48 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shahrud, Nekā, Gorgān. 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. 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 struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 30 km NW of Dāmghān, Iran.
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