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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Kerman in Iran

Posted by admin on April 11, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 30.7712S, 57.2066WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Kerman in Iran. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/04/18 / 2018-04-11 17:04:06 / April 11, 2018 @ 5:04 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 57.2066 East, latitude 30.7712 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 20:34:06 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us2000dy62. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dy62. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Kermān (c. 577 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shahrak-e Pābedānā, Rāvar, Zarand (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 55 km NNE of Kerman, Iran.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 57.2066° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.7712° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km NNE of Kerman, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-11 17:04:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-11 17:37:28 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 259 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 5.573 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 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 us2000dy62 Id of event.
Event Code 2000dy62 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000dy62, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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