A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Shahrak-e Kūlūrī in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 22:57:19 / August 18, 2024 @ 10:57 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7uk. Unique identifier: us7000n7uk. The temblor was picked up at 22:57:19 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 48.9529 East, latitude 32.5261 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shūsh, Masjed Soleymān, Shūshtar (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km ENE of Shahrak-e Kūlūrī, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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