A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Fīrūzābād in Iran on Thursday. Exact location, longitude 52.3153° East, latitude 28.1866° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/01/25 / 2025-01-23 05:42:13 / January 23, 2025 @ 5:42 am. The temblor was detected at 05:42:13 / 5:42 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000plru. Unique identifier: us6000plru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fīrūzābād (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 77 km SSW of Fīrūzābād, Iran.
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