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Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - 44 km northeast of Bandar-e Lengeh, Hormozgan, Iran, on Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022 at 8:48 pm (GMT +3:30) -

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 5.7 quake 49 km northeast of Bandar-e Lengeh, Hormozgan, Iran, Nov 30, 2022 6:47 pm (GMT +3:30), which had occurred 2 hours and 0 minutes earlier.

Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - 44 km northeast of Bandar-e Lengeh, Hormozgan, Iran, on Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022 at 8:48 pm (GMT +3:30)

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 17 km depth

30 Nov 17:26 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
30 Nov 18:27: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 4.7. Epicenter location corrected by 15 km (9.4 mi) towards NE.
30 Nov 19:12: Now using data updates from USGS
5 Dec 17:38: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 17.5 to 16.9 km (from 10.9 to 10.5 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.5 km (0.9 mi) towards S.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 30, 2022 17:18:04 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022 at 8:48 pm (GMT +3:30)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.6
Depth	16.9 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	26.8456°N / 55.1789°E (Hormozgan, Iran)
Antipode	26.846°S / 124.821°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	44 km (27 mi) NE of Bandar-e Lengeh (pop: 22,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 116 km (72 mi) WSW of Bandar Abbas (pop: 352,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 278 km (173 mi) NNE of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) (pop: 603,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 402 km (250 mi) SE of Shiraz (Fars) (pop: 1,249,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 404 km (251 mi) ENE of Doha (Baladīyat ad Dawḩah, Qatar) (pop: 344,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 425 km (264 mi) SSW of Kerman (pop: 577,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 487 km (303 mi) NW of Muscat (Oman) (pop: 797,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10¹¹ joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.6	17 km	43 Km NE of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran	USGS
4.6	30 km	SOUTHERN IRAN	EMSC
4.6	18 km	Southern Iran	RaspberryShake
4.7	10 km	Southern Iran	GFZ
4.6	10 km	Southern Iran	IRIS

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