A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Yasuj in Iran. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us20009kzm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009kzm. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/06/17 / 2017-06-06 18:12:28 / June 6, 2017 @ 6:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:42:28 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 51.6708° East, 30.7807° North, depth 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Yasuj (c. 96 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Ābādeh (c. 57 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Semīrom (c. 27 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ābādeh, Dogonbadan, Nūrābād (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light 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 one and in the last 365 days two 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km NNE of Yasuj, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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