A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Gerāsh in Iran on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 22:17:57 / October 17, 2024 @ 10:17 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:17:57 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000nq8f. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nq8f. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 54.3107 East, latitude 27.3171 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Gerāsh (c. 25 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kīsh (c. 20 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kīsh, Gerāsh (min 5000 pop).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 42 km SSE of Gerāsh, Iran.
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