Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000bmhq. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bmhq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/17 / 2017-11-13 04:27:56 / November 13, 2017 @ 4:27 am. Exact location of event, longitude 45.8231 East, latitude 34.4378 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:57:56 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Al Miqdādīyah, Kifrī, . Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Al Miqdādīyah Iran Iraq Javānrūd Kifrī Mandali Pāveh Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	45.8231° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.4378° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4km SW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-11-13 04:27:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-13 05:04:01	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	369	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	4.107	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.75 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	119	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	us2000bmhq	Id of event.
Event Code	2000bmhq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000bmhq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

45.8231° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

34.4378° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

4km SW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-11-13 04:27:56

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-11-13 05:04:01

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

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

369

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

4.107

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.75 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

119

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000bmhq

Id of event.

Event Code

2000bmhq

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us2000bmhq,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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