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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Aghajari in Iran


Earthquake location 30.716S, 50.037WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Aghajari in Iran on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/03/16 / 2016-03-12 10:47:25 / March 12, 2016 @ 10:47 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 14:17:25 / 2:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 50.037 East, latitude 30.716 North, depth = 9.1 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.1 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004wzs. Id of event: us10004wzs.

Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Behbahān (c. 79 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Dehdasht (c. 69 700 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Omīdīyeh (c. 47 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Aghajari (c. 21 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dogonbadan, Rāmhormoz, Rāmshīr.

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 two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km E of Aghajari, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 50.037° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.716° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km E of Aghajari, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-03-12 10:47:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-04-08 08:33:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 210 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 271 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 us10004wzs Id of event.
Event Code 10004wzs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004wzs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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