A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Fīrūzābād in Iran on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 52.019 East, latitude 28.2093 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 02/08/24 / 2024-08-02 07:17:56 / August 2, 2024 @ 7:17 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8l8. Id of event: us7000n8l8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:17:56 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fīrūzābād (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight 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 earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 88 km SW of Fīrūzābād, Iran.
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