Quake kills five injures 120 in northeastern Iran: state media

At least five people were killed and 120 injured Tuesday in a 4.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Iran’s northeastern city of Kashmar, state media reported.


The quake struck at 1:24 p.m. (0954 GMT), state television and the local governor said, while the US Geological Survey said it hit at a depth of 10 kilometers (six miles).
A light earthquake of magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Kāshmar in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 09:54:49 / June 18, 2024 @ 9:54 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 58.4582° East, 35.2605° North, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mt58. Event ids that are associated: us7000mt58. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:54:49 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from (c. 125 600 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Kāshmar (c. 96 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kāshmar.
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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km NNW of Kāshmar, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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