A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Bandar Abbas in Iran. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 56.1308 East, latitude 27.585 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/25 / 2025-12-01 04:26:20 / December 1, 2025 @ 4:26 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:26:20 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000retu. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000retu.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Qeshm, Bandar ‘Abbās. Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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: 46 km NNW of Bandar Abbas, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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