A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Bojnūrd in Iran. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ntp4. Unique identifier: us6000ntp4. Exact location, longitude 57.4069° East, latitude 37.7604° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 12:43:35 / September 22, 2024 @ 12:43 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:43:35 / 12:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Annau, Ashgabat, Esfarāyen (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop), Turkmenistan (c. 4 941 000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Ashgabat (c. 727 700 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Bojnūrd (c. 192 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Esfarāyen (c. 59 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Abadan (c. 39 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Annau (c. 27 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Baharly (c. 23 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km NNE of Bojnūrd, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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