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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Rafsanjan in Iran


Earthquake location 30.373S, 56.1748WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Rafsanjan in Iran. Id of earthquake: us2000a80f. Event ids that are associated: us2000a80f. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/08/17 / 2017-08-14 11:14:40 / August 14, 2017 @ 11:14 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.59 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:44:40 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 18.59 km, 56.1748° East, 30.373° North.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kermān, Shahrak-e Pābedānā, Bardsīr. Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Kermān (c. 577 500 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Rafsanjān (c. 147 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bardsīr (c. 37 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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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: 17 km ESE of Rafsanjan, 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 56.1748° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.373° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km ESE of Rafsanjan, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-08-14 11:14:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-25 06:56:00 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 6.508 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 248 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 us2000a80f Id of event.
Event Code 2000a80f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000a80f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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