A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Bojnūrd in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:16:16 / 10:16 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000ncym. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ncym. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/09/24 / 2024-09-10 22:16:16 / September 10, 2024 @ 10:16 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 57.0264 East, latitude 37.5633 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Bojnūrd (c. 192 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Esfarāyen (c. 59 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Esfarāyen, Bojnūrd. Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 28 km WNW of Bojnūrd, Iran.
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