Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Kerman in Iran

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kerman in Iran on Monday. Event id: us2000gbea. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gbea. The temblor was reported at 00:09:17 / 12:09 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 earthquake, 57.4282° East, 30.4186° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/07/18 / 2018-07-22 20:39:17 / July 22, 2018 @ 8:39 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Kermān (c. 577 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Bardsīr (c. 37 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rāvar, Bardsīr, Zarand.

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 thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km ENE of Kerman, Iran.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	57.4282° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	30.4186° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	36km ENE 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	2018-07-22 20:39:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-22 20:59:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	210	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	6.29	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	467	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	16.411	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	79	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000gbea	Id of event.
Event Code	2000gbea	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000gbea,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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