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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Torbat-e Jam in Iran


Earthquake location 35.8557S, 60.5732WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Torbat-e Jam in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008nl9. Id of event: us10008nl9. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 60.5732° East, 35.8557° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/17 / 2017-05-02 21:12:11 / May 2, 2017 @ 9:12 pm. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:42:11 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mashhad, Sarakhs, Torbat-e Jām (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 104 km (64 miles) from Mashhad (c. 2 307 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Torbat-e Jām (c. 58 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sarakhs (c. 46 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 68 km N of Torbat-e Jam, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 60.5732° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.8557° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km 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 2017-05-02 21:12:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-02 21:34:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 210 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.9 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 404 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 2.005 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us10008nl9 Id of event.
Event Code 10008nl9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008nl9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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