A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Abdanan in Iran. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:15:27 / 8:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 47.4934 East, latitude 32.9317 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/02/19 / 2019-02-27 16:45:27 / February 27, 2019 @ 4:45 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000jcdy. Event ids that are associated: us1000jcdy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kūhdasht, Dehlorān, Darreh Shahr. Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Kūhdasht (c. 100 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Dehlorān (c. 46 000 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Darreh Shahr (c. 25 000 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Ābdānān (c. 19 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 9 km SE of Abdanan, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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