A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Kuhdasht in Iran. The temblor was picked up at 04:05:31 / 4:05 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 00:35:31 / September 26, 2019 @ 12:35 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 47.5218° East, 33.2828° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005lg5. Id of event: us70005lg5.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorramābād, Dehlorān, Ābdānān (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Khorramābād (c. 329 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Kūhdasht (c. 100 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Dehlorān (c. 46 000 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Darreh Shahr (c. 25 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ābdānān (c. 19 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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