Significant magnitude 5.5 earthquake 28 km southeast of Bandar Abbas, Iran
5.5 quake 17 Oct 8:29 am (GMT +3:30)

Just 13 minutes ago, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, at 7:59 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.5 earthquake as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should have been widely felt by almost everyone in the area of the epicenter. It might have caused light to moderate damage.
Moderate shaking probably occurred in Qeshm (pop. 25,000) located 15 km from the epicenter.
In Bandar Abbas (pop. 352,200) located 28 km from the epicenter, and Mīnāb (pop. 70,800) 68 km away, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Khasab (pop. 17,900) located 90 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Oct 17, 2023 8:29 am (GMT +3:30) local time (17 Oct 2023 04:59 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 26.97°N / 56.42°E (Persian Gulf, Iran)
Primary data source: GFZ
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