A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:07:45 / 2:07 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hu66. Id of event: us1000hu66. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 45.951 East, latitude 34.7354 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/18 / 2018-11-19 22:37:45 / November 19, 2018 @ 10:37 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kifrī, Kāmyārān, Javānrūd. Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop). Close 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-nine 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 earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km NNE of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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