A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bu41. Id of event: us1000bu41. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 02:50:15 / December 21, 2017 @ 2:50 am. The temblor was picked up at 06:20:15 / 6:20 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.764 East, latitude 34.5649 North, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mandalī, Pāveh, Kifrī. Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fourty-nine 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km NW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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