A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb in Iran on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 45.576° East, 34.325° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rtp2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rtp2. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:16:06 / 5:16 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/25 / 2025-12-09 17:16:06 / December 9, 2025 @ 5:16 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Al Miqdādīyah, Kifrī, Mandalī. Epicenter of the event was 30 km (19 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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