A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Bandar Abbas in Iran on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 14:04:30 / 2:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000nfnd. Event ids that are associated: us6000nfnd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 56.294° East, latitude 27.658° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/07/24 / 2024-07-25 14:04:30 / July 25, 2024 @ 2:04 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Qeshm, Bandar ‘Abbās (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop). Close 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km N of Bandar Abbas, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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