A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Bandar Abbas in Iran on Monday. The temblor was detected at 01:11:57 / 1:11 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000mdr9. Event ids that are associated: us7000mdr9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 56.0348° East, 27.6797° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 01:11:57 / April 22, 2024 @ 1:11 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Qeshm, Bandar ‘Abbās. Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 59 km NNW of Bandar Abbas, Iran.
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