Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Zarand in Iran

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Zarand in Iran. Event id: us20007fm8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007fm8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.54 km (10 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:40:32 / 6:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 56.5414 East, latitude 30.8341 North, depth = 15.54 km. Global time and date of event 20/10/16 / 2016-10-20 15:10:32 / October 20, 2016 @ 3:10 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kermān, Rafsanjān, Rāvar (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Kermān (c. 577 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Rafsanjān (c. 147 700 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km NW of Zarand, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	56.5414° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	30.8341° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	15.54 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km NW of Zarand, Iran	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-10-20 15:10:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-10-20 15:54:14	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	210	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		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	354	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	5.874	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	85	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	us20007fm8	Id of event.
Event Code	20007fm8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20007fm8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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