A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Sanandaj in Iran on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:53:59 / 10:53 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rtfa. Id of event: us6000rtfa. Exact location, longitude 46.7802° East, latitude 35.2159° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 10:53:59 / November 20, 2025 @ 10:53 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sonqor, Baynjiwayn, (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Sanandaj (c. 349 200 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Sonqor (c. 43 200 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Baynjiwayn (c. 27 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km WSW of Sanandaj, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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