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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Bandar ‘Abbas in Iran


Earthquake location 27.5219S, 56.6438WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbas in Iran. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 56.6438° East, latitude 27.5219° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 00:11:19 / 12:11 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000d764. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d764. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/03/18 / 2018-03-21 20:41:19 / March 21, 2018 @ 8:41 pm.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Qeshm, Mīnāb, Bandar ‘Abbās (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Mīnāb (c. 70 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km NE of Bandar ‘Abbas, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 56.6438° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.5219° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km NE of Bandar 'Abbas, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-03-21 20:41:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-21 21:05:26 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 385 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 2.596 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us1000d764 Id of event.
Event Code 1000d764 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000d764, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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