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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Bafq in Iran


Earthquake location 31.6943S, 56.0861WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Bafq in Iran. The temblor was detected at 00:12:32 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 56.0861° East, 31.6943° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/18 / 2018-01-03 20:42:32 / January 3, 2018 @ 8:42 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000c0xy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c0xy.

Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Bāfq (c. 31 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rāvar, Shahrak-e Pābedānā, Bāfq (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km E of Bafq, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 56.0861° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.6943° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64km E of Bafq, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-03 20:42:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-04 23:00:22 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 246 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 5.826 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 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 us1000c0xy Id of event.
Event Code 1000c0xy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000c0xy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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