A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Khorramabad in Iran on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 48.2756 East, latitude 33.215 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nz1h. Id of event: us6000nz1h. The temblor was picked up at 12:26:21 / 12:26 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 12:26:21 / October 16, 2024 @ 12:26 pm.
The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Khorramābād (c. 329 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Borūjerd (c. 252 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kūhdasht (c. 100 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Aznā (c. 47 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Aleshtar (c. 27 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Darreh Shahr (c. 25 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Borūjerd, Darreh Shahr, Ābdānān (min 5000 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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