A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Quchan in Iran. The temblor was detected at 20:56:50 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/03/16 / 2016-03-14 17:26:50 / March 14, 2016 @ 5:26 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 58.408° East, 37.3503° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004xh8. Unique identifier: us10004xh8.
Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop), Turkmenistan (c. 4 941 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Ashgabat (c. 727 700 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Qūchān (c. 111 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Esfarāyen (c. 59 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Abadan (c. 39 500 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Annau (c. 27 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Esfarāyen, Abadan, Ashgabat (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 28 km NNW of Quchan, Iran.
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