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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Kazerun in Iran


Earthquake location 29.3585S, 51.9485WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Kazerun in Iran. Event id: us2000hixe. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hixe. Exact location, longitude 51.9485° East, latitude 29.3585° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/18 / 2018-09-23 06:54:27 / September 23, 2018 @ 6:54 am. The temblor was detected at 10:24:27 / 10:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Shiraz (c. 1 249 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Akbarābād (c. 98 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nūrābād, Fīrūzābād, Akbarābād (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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: 40 km SE of Kazerun, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 51.9485° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.3585° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km SE of Kazerun, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-23 06:54:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-23 08:59:50 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 298 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 5.804 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us2000hixe Id of event.
Event Code 2000hixe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hixe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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