A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb in Iran. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/10/24 / 2024-10-18 01:10:24 / October 18, 2024 @ 1:10 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000nqej. Event ids that are associated: us7000nqej. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:10:24 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 46.1727° East, latitude 34.5527° North, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kermānshāh, Kahrīz, Kāmyārān. Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km ENE of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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