A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Fīrūzābād in Iran. Global time and date of event 18/01/25 / 2025-01-18 19:47:32 / January 18, 2025 @ 7:47 pm UTC/GMT. 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). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p9mv. Id of event: us7000p9mv. The temblor was reported at 19:47:32 / 7:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 52.3949 East, latitude 28.2302 North, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop). 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.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 70 km SSW of Fīrūzābād, Iran.
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