Moderate magnitude 4.3 quake hits 61 km northwest of Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam, Iran in the afternoon
4.3 quake 19 Jul 5:37 pm (GMT +4:30)

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake near Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam, Razavi Khorasan, Iran, was reported only 22 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a very shallow depth of 6 km beneath the epicenter in the afternoon on Tuesday, July 19th, 2022, at 5:07 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.3 as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam (pop. 58,900) located 61 km from the epicenter, and Mashhad (pop. 2,307,200) 92 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jul 19, 2022 5:37 pm (GMT +4:30) local time (19 Jul 2022 13:07 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.3
Depth: 6.0 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 35.75°N / 60.37°E (Razavi Khorasan, Iran)
Primary data source: EMSC
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