A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Qeshm in Iran on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 18:13:59 / May 5, 2018 @ 6:13 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dyx2. Id of event: us1000dyx2. Exact location, longitude 55.7962° East, latitude 26.9594° North, depth = 29.94 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.94 km (19 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:43:59 / 9:43 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandar ‘Abbās, Qeshm.
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. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 47 km W of Qeshm, Iran.
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