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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Langerud in Iran

Posted by admin on December 5, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.2085S, 50.0718WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Langerud in Iran. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 15:27:15 / December 5, 2017 @ 3:27 pm. Exact location, longitude 50.0718° East, latitude 37.2085° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 18:57:15 / 6:57 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bmeg. Id of event: us1000bmeg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Rasht (c. 594 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Bandar-e Anzalī (c. 110 800 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Langarūd (c. 68 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Rūdsar (c. 47 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Āstāneh-ye Ashrafīyeh (c. 42 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Tonekābon (c. 37 500 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Nashtā Rūd (c. 5 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nashtā Rūd, Tonekābon, Bandar-e Anzalī. Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 7 km W of Langerud, Iran.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 50.0718° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2085° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km W of Langerud, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-05 15:27:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-05 17:08:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 210 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.8 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 358 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 6.431 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us1000bmeg Id of event.
Event Code 1000bmeg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bmeg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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