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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Torbat-e Jam in Iran


Earthquake location 35.8145S, 60.5854WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Torbat-e Jam in Iran. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:41:38 / 4:41 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10008fgy. Event ids that are associated: us10008fgy. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38.81 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/04/17 / 2017-04-07 13:11:38 / April 7, 2017 @ 1:11 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 60.5854 East, latitude 35.8145 North, depth = 38.81 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) from Torbat-e Jām (c. 58 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Torbat-e Jām (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km N of Torbat-e Jam, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 60.5854° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.8145° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km N of Torbat-e Jam, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-04-07 13:11:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-14 07:17:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 210 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 272 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 2.893 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us10008fgy Id of event.
Event Code 10008fgy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008fgy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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