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2025-06-21 02:04:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AB85BB1AF95468C39265941E5E8D53859969EC1C2604D188889F44218ED4ED5F
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This earthquake was normal and natural. Iran is a seismically active area, with earthquakes similar to this occurring frequently. Over 600 M>4.5 in the last decade: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=17.09879,33.31055&extent=45.58329,74.00391&range=search&search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22starttime%22:%222015-06-14%2000:00:00%22,%22endtime%22:%222025-06-25%2023:59:59%22,%22maxlatitude%22:39.368,%22minlatitude%22:24.966,%22maxlongitude%22:64.116,%22minlongitude%22:43.242,%22minmagnitude%22:4.5,%22orderby%22:%22time%22%7D%7D Anyone can check freely available data to see that this was an earthquake and not an explosion: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000qlhj/executive https://www.iris.edu/app/station_monitor/ https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-can-you-tell-difference-between-explosion-and-earthquake-seismogram https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/earthquake_or_bomb_how_do_scientists_tell_the_difference
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