A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 46.1028° East, 34.5745° North. The temblor was detected at 03:37:08 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/06/18 / 2018-06-06 00:07:08 / June 6, 2018 @ 12:07 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000ejbl. Event ids that are associated: us1000ejbl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kahrīz, Kāmyārān, (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
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 eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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