A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Behbahān in Iran on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:12:28 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nhe8. Unique identifier: us6000nhe8. Exact location, longitude 50.2317° East, latitude 30.2989° North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 20/07/24 / 2024-07-20 20:12:28 / July 20, 2024 @ 8:12 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Behbahān (c. 79 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Dehdasht (c. 69 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Omīdīyeh (c. 47 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Aghajari (c. 21 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandar-e Ganāveh, Omīdīyeh, Dehdasht (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. 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.
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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. 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: 32 km S of Behbahān, Iran.
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