A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Shahrak-e Kūlūrī in Iran. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 48.973° East, 32.5277° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:40:45 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/07/24 / 2024-07-16 15:40:45 / July 16, 2024 @ 3:40 pm. Unique identifier: us7000mzll. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzll.
Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shūsh, Masjed Soleymān, Shūshtar.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km ENE of Shahrak-e Kūlūrī, Iran.
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