July 1, 2022
6.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Bandar-e Lengeh, Hormozgan, Iran.
The tremor was recorded early morning on Saturday, July 2nd, 2022, at 1:32 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) which listed the quake at magnitude 6.2.
Other agencies reporting the same quake include the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.9, France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 5.9, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 6.1, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 6.1.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter.
It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.
In Bandar-e Lengeh (pop. 22,800) located 55 km from the epicenter, Qeshm (pop. 25,000) 103 km away, Bandar Abbas (pop. 352,200) 108 km away, and Bandar Abbas (pop. 352,200) 108 km away, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
Epicenter near Bandar-e Lengeh.
It was also felt in the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar.
Aftershocks are still ocurring.
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