Dangerous earthquake in Southern Iran - Felt in Qatar and Bahrain

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Update 20:32 UTC: So far no news of injuries but a number of older houses had considerable damage.

Image courtesy IRNA, Iran

Update 20:31 UTC: Power was down in the Birn district but has been repaired in the meantime. A number of electricity poles ware broken.

Update 17:52 UTC: Shaking map made by Jens Skapski and based on the earthquake data from ISC

Update 17:41 UTC: Earthquake data from the Iranian Seismological Center

Update 17:39 UTC: USGS intensity map. Damage will be almost a certainty but hopefully no injuries

Update 17:35 UTC: The earthquake was well felt in Qatar and Bahrain, at the other side of the Gulf.

Update 17:31 UTC: Another earthquake happened with a nearly same epicenter 70 minutes earlier

Based on the present earthquake parameters (Magnitude, Depth, Population, etc) and our experience with earthquake damage impact, earthquake-report.com calls this earthquake extremely dangerous and expects injuries and serious damage

Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 5.5

Local Time (conversion only below land) : Unknown

GMT/UTC Time : 2020-06-09 16:08:52

Depth (Hypocenter) : 10 km

Depth and Magnitude updates in the list below.

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SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFO
EMSC	Southern Iran	Jun 09 22:27	4.3	15	MAP I Felt It INFO
Manama - Live on 9th floor. Felt some slight movement around 8:20pm, thought I was going crazy until I asked my husband (who was in another room in our flat) and confirmed that he felt it too! Seef - Light shaking
GEOFON	Southern Iran	Jun 09 22:27	4.3	10	MAP
USGS	37 Km Ene Of Mohr, Iran	Jun 09 22:27	4.3	10	MAP
EMSC	Southern Iran	Jun 09 19:44	4.2	20	MAP
USGS	59 Km E Of Mohr, Iran	Jun 09 19:44	4.2	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Southern Iran	Jun 09 17:43	4.2	20	MAP
USGS	56 Km Ene Of Mohr, Iran	Jun 09 17:43	4.2	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Southern Iran	Jun 09 17:18	5.7	10	MAP
USGS	57 Km Ene Of Mohr, Iran	Jun 09 17:18	5.7	10	MAP
EMSC	Southern Iran	Jun 09 17:18	5.7	2	MAP I Felt It INFO
Doha, Qatar - Light shaking Doha, Qatar - No damage, just a few seconds as I am on 11th floor Doha - 10 seconds or so. Live on upper floor of apt building. Felt like building was settling. And sounds of the building settling—a bit loud. Could hear in a quiet room. Manama - About 30 seconds to a minute. My hanging lights and Curtains were shaking. Happened at 20:20 pm Manama - Was sitting on couch when the building started swaying back and forth. I am on the 18th floor of a 22story building. Adliya, Bahrain - There has been no damage . I stay on the 6th floor and was sitting on the corner of the bed when it shook for few seconds. Bahrain news hasn\'t reported it yet but Iran is showing an earthquake same time I felt Adliya - There has been no damage . I stay on the 6th floor and was sitting on the corner of the bed when it shook for few seconds. Bahrain news hasn't reported it yet but Iran is showing an earthquake same time I felt Al Juffair - High rise apartment building started swaying and obvious motion - curtain and loose object movement. Lasted about 20 secs maybe longer. Time local in Bahrain around 20:18 - no visible damage City - Live in 14th floor we could feel it as the chandelier was shaking. Doha, Qatar - 60 seconds, no damage, apartment building shaking and light fitting swaying. Slightly disorientating as we didn’t know what it was to start! Doha - 10 seconds Jubail - Mild rocking for approximately 30 seconds. doha - bruh moment Doha - On 8th floor. Single movement felt- thought I imagined it. No damage. Muharraq - It was light shaking but strong enough for me to feel it, sitting on my chair, for the door to shake and the water in the cooler to move. It latest for around 1 minute. Tower 44 Westbay - The shaking did not last long like 10 seconds. I felt the wall and ceiling of the apartment vibrate lightly. No damages as in my apartment. I am on 16th floor. Doha - I started feeling it after i saw the lights on the ceiling were swinging. Doha - About 10 sec or more. Movement was horizontal (sideways). Did not detect any damages so far Doha - No shaking. Just loud noises. Thought the neighbours were moving furniture. Loud creaking and scraping noises for 10 to 15 seconds. Doha - I\'m usually very sensitive to tremors. Felt lightheaded and almost tipped over. Living on the 20th floor of a high rise next to the sea. Al Khobar - Felt the tremors on the 15th floor for 15 seconds Manama - I felt the bed I was sitting on moving and saw my baby bed’s canopy moving a little bit, around 20:20 for about 30 seconds - I live on the 6th floor Doha - I live on the 3rd floor. No damage. Manama - Felt light headed and saw the hanging lighys sway a little. It lasted for almost 20 seconds. I live on 13th floor. People at lower floors dodnt felt anything Dubai - Very weak shaking
GEOFON	Southern Iran	Jun 09 16:08	5.5	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	51 Km Ene Of Mohr, Iran	Jun 09 16:08	5.4	10	MAP
EMSC	Southern Iran	Jun 09 16:08	5.4	10	MAP

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MMI II (Very weak shaking)	? People : Felt by persons at rest, on upper floors or favorably placed.
MMI III (Weak shaking)	? People : Felt indoors; hanging objects may swing, vibration similar to passing of light trucks, duration may be estimated, may not be recognized as an earthquake.
MMI IV (Light shaking)	? People : Generally noticed indoors but not outside. Light sleepers may be awakened. Vibration may be likened to the passing of heavy traffic, or to the jolt of a heavy object falling or striking the building. Fittings : Doors and windows rattle. Glassware and crockery rattle. Liquids in open vessels may be slightly disturbed. Standing motorcars may rock. Structures : Walls and frames of buildings, and partitions and suspended ceilings in commercial buildings, may be heard to creak.
MMI V (Moderate shaking)	? People : Generally felt outside, and by almost everyone indoors. Most sleepers awakened. A few people alarmed. Fittings : Small unstable objects are displaced or upset. Some glassware and crockery may be broken. Hanging pictures knock against the wall. Open doors may swing. Cupboard doors secured by magnetic catches may open. Pendulum clocks stop, start, or change rate. Structures : Some large display windows cracked. A few earthenware toilet fixtures cracked.
MMI VI (Strong shaking)	? People Felt by all. People and animals alarmed. Many run outside. Difficulty experienced in walking steadily. Fittings : Objects fall from shelves. Pictures fall from walls. Some furniture moved on smooth floors, some unsecured free-standing fireplaces moved. Glassware and crockery broken. Very unstable furniture overturned. Small church and school bells ring. Appliances move on bench or table tops. Filing cabinets or "easy glide" drawers may open (or shut). Structures : Slight damage to buildings with low standard. Some stucco or cement plaster falls. Large display windows broken. Damage to a few weak domestic chimneys, some may fall. Environment : Trees and bushes shake, or are heard to rustle. Loose material may be dislodged from sloping ground, e.g. existing slides, talus slopes, shingle slides.
MMI VII (Very strong shaking)	? People General alarm. Difficulty experienced in standing. Noticed by motorcar drivers who may stop. Fittings : Large bells ring. Furniture moves on smooth floors, may move on carpeted floors. Substantial damage to fragile contents of buildings. Structures : Unreinforced stone and brick walls cracked. Low standard buildings cracked with some minor masonry falls. A few instances of damage to buildings of ordinary workmanship. Unbraced parapets, unbraced brick gables, and architectural ornaments fall. Roofing tiles, especially ridge tiles may be dislodged. Many unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, often falling from roof-line. Water tanks Type I burst. A few instances of damage to brick veneers and plaster or cement-based linings. Unrestrained water cylinders (hot-water cylinders) may move and leak. Some common windows cracked. Suspended ceilings damaged. Environment : Water made turbid by stirred up mud. Small slides such as falls of sand and gravel banks, and small rock-falls from steep slopes and cuttings. Instances of settlement of unconsolidated or wet, or weak soils. Some fine cracks appear in sloping ground. A few instances of liquefaction (i.e. small water and sand ejections).
MMI VIII (Severe shaking)	? People Alarm may approach panic. Steering of motorcars greatly affected. Structures : Low standard buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. ordinary workmanship buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged in some cases. A few instances of damage to buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes. Monuments and pre-1976 elevated tanks and factory stacks twisted or brought down. Some pre-1965 infill masonry panels damaged. A few post-1980 brick veneers damaged. Decayed timber piles of houses damaged. Houses not secured to foundations may move. Most unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, some below roof-line, many brought down. Environment : Cracks appear on steep slopes and in wet ground. Small to moderate slides in roadside cuttings and unsupported excavations. Small water and sand ejections and localized lateral spreading adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
MMI IX (Violent shaking)	? Structures Many low standard buildings destroyed. Ordinary workmanship buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes damaged in some cases, some with flexible frames seriously damaged. Damage or permanent distortion to some buildings and bridges, designed and built to normal use standards. Houses not secured to foundations shifted off. Brick veneers fall and expose frames. Environment : Cracking of ground conspicuous. Landsliding general on steep slopes. Liquefaction effects intensified and more widespread, with large lateral spreading and flow sliding adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
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Dangerous earthquake in Southern Iran - Felt in Qatar and Bahrain - June 9, 2020

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