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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Bandar Bushehr in Iran


Earthquake location 29.2487S, 50.82WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Bandar Bushehr in Iran. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:02:35 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10007ua8. Event ids that are associated: us10007ua8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 50.82 East, latitude 29.2487 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 00:32:35 / January 2, 2017 @ 12:32 am.

The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khārk, Bandar-e Ganāveh, Borāzjān (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 31 km N of Bandar Bushehr, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 50.82° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.2487° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km N of Bandar Bushehr, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-02 00:32:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-24 05:49:56 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 246 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 10.577 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us10007ua8 Id of event.
Event Code 10007ua8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007ua8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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