Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000ezvm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ezvm. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 21:37:49 / June 23, 2018 @ 9:37 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.9165 East, latitude 34.37 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:07:49 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pāveh, Mandalī (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 11 km SSE of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	45.9165° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.37° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km SSE of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-06-23 21:37:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-14 23:02:49	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	284	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	0.762	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.03 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	48	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	us1000ezvm	Id of event.
Event Code	1000ezvm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000ezvm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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