A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Ardestān in Iran on Thursday. Unique identifier: us6000recq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000recq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 53.013 East, latitude 33.8578 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/10/25 / 2025-10-02 20:35:04 / October 2, 2025 @ 8:35 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:35:04 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Ardestān (c. 16 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ardestān (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km NE of Ardestān, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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