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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran


Earthquake location 34.8224S, 45.7052WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000bmcm. Event ids that are associated: us1000bmcm. The temblor was detected at 06:30:28 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/17 / 2017-11-27 03:00:28 / November 27, 2017 @ 3:00 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 45.7052° East, 34.8224° North, depth 10 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baynjiwayn, As Sulaymānīyah, Javānrūd (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Baynjiwayn (c. 27 100 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 42 km NNW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.7052° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.8224° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km NNW 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 2017-11-27 03:00:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-06 05:12:23 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 298 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 0.294 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us1000bmcm Id of event.
Event Code 1000bmcm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bmcm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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