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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Kamyaran in Iran


Earthquake location 34.806S, 46.7822WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Kamyaran in Iran. The temblor was reported at 14:03:41 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008ss2. Id of event: us20008ss2. Exact location, longitude 46.7822° East, latitude 34.806° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/03/17 / 2017-03-11 10:33:41 / March 11, 2017 @ 10:33 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Sanandaj (c. 349 200 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Sonqor (c. 43 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sonqor, Kermānshāh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km W of Kamyaran, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 46.7822° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.806° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km W of Kamyaran, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-03-11 10:33:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-08 05:41:17 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 259 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 4.607 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us20008ss2 Id of event.
Event Code 20008ss2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008ss2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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