A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb in Iran. The temblor was reported at 02:52:11 / 2:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.9699 East, latitude 34.44 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/25 / 2025-01-10 02:52:11 / January 10, 2025 @ 2:52 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pj3g. Unique identifier: us6000pj3g.
Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mandalī, , Pāveh. Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km ESE of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran.
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