A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Borāzjān in Iran. Exact location of earthquake, 51.1977° East, 29.4028° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 21/11/24 / 2024-11-21 00:31:31 / November 21, 2024 @ 12:31 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:31:31 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). 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: us7000nwir. Id of event: us7000nwir.
Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khārk, Nūrābād, Bandar-e Ganāveh (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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