A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Ḩājjīābād in Iran. Exact location, longitude 56.0405° East, latitude 27.7686° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:46:59 / 9:46 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nizj. Unique identifier: us6000nizj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 21:46:59 / August 8, 2024 @ 9:46 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandar ‘Abbās (min 5000 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 61 km SSE of Ḩājjīābād, Iran.
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