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🔄 Magnitude 5 earthquake at a depth of 12 kilometers in Saland, Khuzestan — before the update:
Messages received about the shaking:
Dear Vahid, just now there was a strong earthquake in Shush County. It was really bad.
They hit Dezful—everything just shook, everywhere, like an earthquake.
There was an earthquake in Ahvaz. The house shook really badly.
What’s happening in Dezful?!
There was just an earthquake in Ahvaz.
5:55. I woke up in Dezful; the bed, the house, and everything in it were shaking violently. I honestly don’t know if it was an earthquake or if somewhere got hit.
Mr. Vahid, there was just an earthquake in Ahvaz.
5:56. Ahvaz had two earthquakes one after the other at 5:55. It was a little scary.
There was an earthquake in Ahvaz—sooooo strong! The whole house shook.
Hi, a strong earthquake in Ahvaz at 6 a.m. The shaking in Ahvaz just now was really bad.
The earthquake in Ahvaz was at 5:55. There was also a strong earthquake in Andimeshk.
There was a relatively mild earthquake in Mahshahr.
Hi, the earthquake in Ahvaz was strong. It seems it came from Dezful.
Hi, Mr. Vahid, we felt an earthquake in Ahvaz just now, at 5:57 a.m.
Dear Vahid, there was just an earthquaaake in Dezful!
Earthquake in Ahvaaaaz—I jumped out of bed. The whole bed was moving.
There was an earthquake in Ahvaz, Vahid. The whole house shook at 05:55. I woke up from the shaking. Ahvaz shook several times, without any sound.
Dear Vahid, there’s an earthquake in Ahvaz right now, at 5:55.
Hi, there was an earthquake in Ahvaz. Vahid, it woke me up and lasted a looong time.
Hi, dear Vahid. At 5:56, the ground shook and the house jolted really hard in Dezful.
Hi, dear Vahid. At 5:56 a.m. there was an extremely strong earthquake in Ahvaz. Everything was shaking. There’s an earthquake in Ahvaz right now—it was terrifying.
Hi, there was a big earthquake in Ahvaz. The house shook for about 10–15 seconds.
A really strong earthquake in Ahvaz, almost twice in a row, at around 5:57.
At 5:55 in Ahvaz, the house shook badly. It wasn’t an explosion; it seemed like an earthquake.
At 5:55 in Ahvaz, there were two earthquakes.
Mr. Vahid, there was a strong earthquake in Ahvaz—the sofas moved out of place.
Hi, the earthquake was also felt in Andimeshk.
Hi, Shush-e Daniel just shook. It seemed like an earthquake.
Dezful shook badly for a few minutes at 5:56 a.m.
There was an earthquake in Ahvaz; the chandeliers are still moving.
Hi Vahid, there was a very strong earthquake in Lali, Khuzestan, at 5:55.
The earthquake was also felt in Masjed Soleyman at 5:56.
Dorud and Izeh both shook twice just now.
Hi, at 6.55 Shush shook really badly, but very briefly. It was very scary, though.
Hi, an earthquake was felt in Gotvand, Khuzestan, at 5:55. The chandeliers were moving.
Hi, it was soooo strong around Dezful. If it had lasted a little longer, I would’ve thrown myself off the balcony. It went on so long that when I woke up and went onto the balcony, it still hadn’t stopped. In my whole life, it was the first time I’d ever felt anything like that.
🔄 Message received, quoting the National Seismological Center:
Preliminary earthquake report
Magnitude: 5
Location: Khuzestan Province — near Saland
Date and time of occurrence, local time: 1405/04/28 05:55:21
Longitude: 48.61
Latitude: 32.58
Earthquake depth: 12 kilometers
Nearest cities:
23 kilometers from Saland (Khuzestan)
27 kilometers from Andimeshk (Khuzestan)
29 kilometers from Dezful (Khuzestan)
Nearest provincial capitals:
103 kilometers from Khorramabad
140 kilometers from Ahvaz
📍 The US also says the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.9, at a depth of 10 kilometers, around the same area: GoogleMaps
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