A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Khvoy in Iran on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 44.821° East, latitude 38.476° North, depth = 6.3 km. Id of earthquake: us200065xw. Event ids that are associated: us200065xw. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.3 km (4 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:17:04 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/06/16 / 2016-06-22 10:47:04 / June 22, 2016 @ 10:47 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culfa, Başkale, Marand (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Khvoy (c. 175 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Marand (c. 124 200 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Salmās (c. 81 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from (c. 31 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Başkale (c. 14 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Culfa (c. 10 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 14 km SW of Khvoy, Iran.
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