Earthquake details

Thursday, August 21, 2003 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Iran on Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 04:02 UTC with a magnitude of 5.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Zahedan (Iran - IR), about 116.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 59.773 and latitude 29.053.

Magnitude	5.9
Alert	Strong
Depth	20.2 km
Coordinates	29.053, 59.773
UTC time	2003-08-21 04:02:09.170

Location	Zahedan
Country	Iran (IR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2003-08-21

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Zahedan	116.8 km
Bam	137.9 km
Khāsh	168.7 km
Iranshahr	224.6 km
Zabol	275.7 km
Zaranj	292.5 km
Kerman	294.4 km
Bardsīr	324.7 km
Qasr-e-Qand	326.8 km
Mīnāb	339.6 km
Zarand	366.3 km
Rāvar	377.1 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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