A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Gorgān in Iran. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 22:37:23 / October 17, 2024 @ 10:37 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 54.2282 East, latitude 37.6257 North, depth = 47.547 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000nzfk. Event ids that are associated: us6000nzfk. The temblor was reported at 22:37:23 / 10:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.547 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āq Qāyeh, Gorgān. The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Gorgān (c. 244 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Āq Qāyeh (c. 5 100 pop). Close 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 88 km NNW of Gorgān, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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