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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Shah Pasand in Iran


Earthquake location 36.8813S, 55.1759WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Shah Pasand in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000d5ze. Event ids that are associated: us1000d5ze. The temblor was detected at 06:23:15 / 6:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/03/18 / 2018-03-18 02:53:15 / March 18, 2018 @ 2:53 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 55.1759° East, 36.8813° North.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorgān, Kalāleh, Shahrud (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Gorgān (c. 244 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Shahrud (c. 131 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Gonbad-e Kāvūs (c. 131 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Āzādshahr (c. 47 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Kalāleh (c. 33 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Āq Qāyeh (c. 5 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 22 km S of Shah Pasand, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 55.1759° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.8813° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km S of Shah Pasand, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-03-18 02:53:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-18 03:17:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 210 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 285 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 2.565 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 103 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 us1000d5ze Id of event.
Event Code 1000d5ze An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000d5ze, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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