A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Javānrūd in Iran. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/24 / 2024-07-22 03:05:48 / July 22, 2024 @ 3:05 am. The temblor was reported at 03:05:48 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 46.4302° East, latitude 34.4162° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000n0rg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0rg.
Epicenter of the event was 57 km (36 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Īlām, Pāveh, Kāmyārān.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 42 km S of Javānrūd, Iran.
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