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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Kuhdasht in Iran

Posted by admin on November 26, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 33.654S, 47.7817WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Kuhdasht in Iran. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:03:04 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/17 / 2017-11-13 15:33:04 / November 13, 2017 @ 3:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 47.7817° East, 33.654° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bsyz. Id of event: us2000bsyz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kangāvar, Borūjerd, Ābdānān. Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Khorramābād (c. 329 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Borūjerd (c. 252 000 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Kūhdasht (c. 100 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Nahāvand (c. 76 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 73 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Harsīn (c. 57 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Kangāvar (c. 53 400 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 20 km NE of Kuhdasht, Iran.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 47.7817° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.654° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km NE of Kuhdasht, 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 15:33:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-26 21:05:46 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 326 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 2.743 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 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 us2000bsyz Id of event.
Event Code 2000bsyz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000bsyz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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