Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Kuhdasht in Iran

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Kuhdasht in Iran on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:56:44 / 2:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.07 km (32 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/11/17 / 2017-11-13 11:26:44 / November 13, 2017 @ 11:26 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bsxu. Id of event: us2000bsxu. Exact location of earthquake, 47.6481° East, 33.7856° North, depth 51.07 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ābdānān, Kahrīz, Kangāvar. Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Khorramābād (c. 329 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Kūhdasht (c. 100 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Nahāvand (c. 76 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 73 500 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 28 km N of Kuhdasht, Iran.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	47.6481° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.7856° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	51.07 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	28km N 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 11:26:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-28 07:53:38	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	271	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	2.571	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	165	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	us2000bsxu	Id of event.
Event Code	2000bsxu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000bsxu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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