A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Minab in Iran on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 12/11/19 / 2019-11-12 13:18:25 / November 12, 2019 @ 1:18 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:48:25 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 57.7112 East, latitude 27.1674 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us60006amw. Unique identifier: us60006amw.
Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Mīnāb (c. 70 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mīnāb (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 62 km E of Minab, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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