A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Ajab Shīr in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.753 km (10 miles). Global time and date of event 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 14:01:18 / January 9, 2025 @ 2:01 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:01:18 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 45.5276 East, latitude 37.559 North, depth = 15.753 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pivq. Id of event: us6000pivq.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Tabrīz (c. 1 424 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Orūmīyeh (c. 577 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Mīāndoāb (c. 132 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Bonāb (c. 80 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Naqadeh (c. 73 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Oshnavīyeh (c. 50 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Şemdinli, Tabrīz, Mīāndoāb (min 5000 pop).
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 two 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 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km WNW of Ajab Shīr, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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