A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Borazjan in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.22 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 51.3153° East, latitude 29.3464° North, depth = 30.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10005ze5. Event ids that are associated: us10005ze5. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 03:49:51 / July 2, 2016 @ 3:49 am. The temblor was reported at 08:19:51 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khārk, Nūrābād, Bandar-e Ganāveh. Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop).
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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