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Strong earthquake 6.1 mag, 31 km WSW of Javanrud, Iran

Posted by admin on August 25, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 34.6729S, 46.2127WA earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Javanrud in Iran on Sunday. Event id: us1000ghda. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ghda. The temblor was picked up at 01:43:26 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 46.2127 East, latitude 34.6729 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: 25/08/18 / 2018-08-25 22:13:26 / August 25, 2018 @ 10:13 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 122 km (76 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Sanandaj (c. 349 200 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was As Sulaymānīyah, Mandalī, Īlām (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 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: 31 km WSW of Javanrud, Iran.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 46.2127° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.6729° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km WSW of Javanrud, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-25 22:13:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-25 22:36:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 210 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.9 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 7.31 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level yellow 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 655 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 0.6 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 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 us1000ghda Id of event.
Event Code 1000ghda An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ghda, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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