A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbas in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 04:28:25 / 4:28 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/07/16 / 2016-07-06 23:58:25 / July 6, 2016 @ 11:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 56.3648 East, latitude 27.6922 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us100061gt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100061gt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Mīnāb (c. 70 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mīnāb, Qeshm, Bandar ‘Abbās (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 56 km N of Bandar ‘Abbas, Iran.
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