A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Bojnūrd in Iran on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ntkd. Id of event: us6000ntkd. Global time and date of event 21/09/24 / 2024-09-21 23:51:49 / September 21, 2024 @ 11:51 pm UTC/GMT. 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) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 57.2985 East, latitude 37.615 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:51:49 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Bojnūrd (c. 192 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Esfarāyen (c. 59 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Abadan (c. 39 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Baharly (c. 23 000 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop), Turkmenistan (c. 4 941 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abadan, Baharly, Esfarāyen (min 5000 pop).
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. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km N of Bojnūrd, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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