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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Shush in Iran

Posted by admin on March 21, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.2969S, 47.8974WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Shush in Iran. Exact location, longitude 47.8974° East, latitude 32.2969° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/03/17 / 2017-03-20 23:44:56 / March 20, 2017 @ 11:44 pm. Unique identifier: us20008tfp. Ids that are associated to the event: us20008tfp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:14:56 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Al ‘Amārah (c. 323 300 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Dehlorān (c. 46 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Sūsangerd (c. 41 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Ābdānān (c. 19 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ābdānān, Al ‘Amārah, Sūsangerd (min 5000 pop).

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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 34 km WNW of Shush, Iran.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 47.8974° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.2969° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km WNW of Shush, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-03-20 23:44:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-21 00:05:13 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 7.862 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 115 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 us20008tfp Id of event.
Event Code 20008tfp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008tfp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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