A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Paveh in Iran on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 12:41:34 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/12/17 / 2017-12-26 09:11:34 / December 26, 2017 @ 9:11 am. Id of earthquake: us1000bwab. Event ids that are associated: us1000bwab. Exact location of earthquake, 46.0768° East, 34.8937° North, depth 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Sanandaj (c. 349 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Baynjiwayn (c. 27 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sanandaj, As Sulaymānīyah, Baynjiwayn (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 30 km WSW of Paveh, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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