A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Fīrūzābād in Iran. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:23:42 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/01/25 / 2025-01-06 17:23:42 / January 6, 2025 @ 5:23 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 52.2845 East, latitude 28.1788 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pknh. Unique identifier: us6000pknh. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fīrūzābād. Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 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 six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km SSW of Fīrūzābād, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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