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Weak mag. 2.6 earthquake - 53 km north of Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran, on Sunday, Nov 21, 2021 at 7:18 pm (GMT +3:30) -

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.3 quake 64 km north of Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran, Nov 14, 2021 4:08 pm (GMT +4), which had occurred 7 days earlier.
Weak mag. 2.6 earthquake - 53 km north of Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran, on Sunday, Nov 21, 2021 at 7:18 pm (GMT +3:30) Weak mag. 2.6 earthquake - 53 km north of Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran, on Sunday, Nov 21, 2021 at 7:18 pm (GMT +3:30)

Weak magnitude 2.6 earthquake at 12 km depth

21 Nov 16:00 UTC: First to report: IRSC after 12 minutes.
22 Nov 03:50: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 8.0 to 12.0 km (from 5 to 7.5 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 2.3 km (1.4 mi) towards WSW.
Date & time: Nov 21, 2021 15:48:13 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Sunday, Nov 21, 2021 at 7:18 pm (GMT +3:30)
Magnitude: 2.6
Depth: 12.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 27.65°N / 56.18°E (Hormozgan, Iran)
Antipode: 27.65°S / 123.82°W
Nearest volcano: Qal'eh Hasan Ali (237 km / 147 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
9 km (6 mi) SE of Devīn (pop: 10) --> See nearby quakes!
53 km (33 mi) N of Bandar Abbas (pop: 352,200) --> See nearby quakes!
78 km (49 mi) N of Qeshm (pop: 25,000) --> See nearby quakes!
107 km (66 mi) WNW of Mīnāb (pop: 70,800) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky 20.8°C (69 F), humidity: 34%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from SSE
Primary data source: IRSC
Estimated released energy: 5 x 108 joules (139 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.12 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy
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Mag.DepthLocationSource
2.612 kmIran: 28 Km of Fin, HormozganIRSC

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