Earthquake details

Wednesday, December 27, 2017 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Iran on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at 18:01 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Kerman (Iran - IR), about 60.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 57.250 and latitude 30.806.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	30.806, 57.250
UTC time	2017-12-27 18:01:15.090

Location	Kerman
Country	Iran (IR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2017-12-27

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Kerman	60.4 km
Zarand	65.6 km
Rāvar	66.5 km
Bardsīr	117.8 km
Rafsanjān	128.3 km
Bāfq	197.0 km
Sīrjān	213.4 km
Bam	217.3 km
Shahr-e Bābak	218.4 km
Birjand	295.6 km
Yazd	299.7 km
Tabas	312.1 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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