A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Bandar-e Genāveh in Iran. The temblor was detected at 22:11:17 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 50.5914° East, 29.8863° North. 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: us7000p9mw. Unique identifier: us7000p9mw. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/01/25 / 2025-01-18 22:11:17 / January 18, 2025 @ 10:11 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 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 Behbahān, Khārk, Dogonbadan. Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Behbahān (c. 79 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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 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: 34 km NNE of Bandar-e Genāveh, Iran.
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