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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Ravar in Iran


Earthquake location 31.3604S, 56.281WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Ravar in Iran. Event id: us1000buiv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000buiv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 56.281 East, latitude 31.3604 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 17:04:46 / December 21, 2017 @ 5:04 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 20:34:46 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bāfq, Zarand, Rāvar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Bāfq (c. 31 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km WNW of Ravar, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 56.281° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.3604° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km WNW of Ravar, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-21 17:04:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-21 17:23:57 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 416 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 5.853 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us1000buiv Id of event.
Event Code 1000buiv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000buiv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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