Magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes 27 km S of Javānrūd, Iran

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 27 kilometers south of Javānrūd, Iran, early Monday morning at 03:43:19.357 UTC. The seismic event occurred at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the earthquake's coordinates as 34.5466 degrees north latitude and 46.5103 degrees east longitude. The USGS monitors earthquake activity globally and provides data on magnitudes, locations, and depths of seismic events.

Earthquake magnitudes are a measure of the energy released during an earthquake, calculated from seismic wave amplitudes recorded on seismographs. The depth refers to how far below the Earth's surface the earthquake originated.