A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Borāzjān in Iran on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 50.9761 East, latitude 29.5969 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/01/25 / 2025-01-16 21:45:18 / January 16, 2025 @ 9:45 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:45:18 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pm58. Id of event: us6000pm58. 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).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dogonbadan, Nūrābād, Khārk (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop).
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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km NNW of Borāzjān, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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