A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Rāmhormoz in Iran. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:45:19 / 1:45 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 13:45:19 / December 20, 2024 @ 1:45 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 49.652 East, latitude 31.6022 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000p0b0. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0b0.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shūshtar, Rāmshīr, Masjed Soleymān. Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Rāmshīr (c. 19 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 36 km N of Rāmhormoz, Iran.
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