A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Masjed Soleymān in Iran. Exact location of event, longitude 49.4436 East, latitude 31.6172 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 04:23:18 / December 5, 2024 @ 4:23 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000nw1i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nw1i. The temblor was reported at 04:23:18 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Omīdīyeh (c. 47 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rāmshīr (c. 19 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Omīdīyeh, Rāmshīr, Ahvaz.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 37 km SSE of Masjed Soleymān, Iran.
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