Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 45 km NE of Ramhormoz, Iran

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Ramhormoz in Iran on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.15 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004s2a. Id of event: us10004s2a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/02/16 / 2016-02-19 17:05:42 / February 19, 2016 @ 5:05 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 49.9349° East, 31.5726° North, depth 33.15 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:35:42 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aghajari, Fārsān, Omīdīyeh. The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Omīdīyeh (c. 47 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Fārsān (c. 25 100 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Aghajari (c. 21 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Rāmshīr (c. 19 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

Every 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. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km NE of Ramhormoz, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	49.9349° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.5726° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33.15 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	45km NE of Ramhormoz, Iran	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-02-19 17:05:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-03-16 18:35:26	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	210	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	326	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.177	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.95 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	58	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10004s2a	Id of event.
Event Code	10004s2a	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004s2a,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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