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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Shiraz in Iran


Earthquake location 29.5052S, 52.0973WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Shiraz in Iran. Exact location of event, longitude 52.0973 East, latitude 29.5052 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 08:52:59 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hivr. Id of event: us2000hivr. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/18 / 2018-09-23 05:22:59 / September 23, 2018 @ 5:22 am.

Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Shiraz (c. 1 249 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Akbarābād (c. 98 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Borāzjān, Nūrābād, Fīrūzābād (min 5000 pop).

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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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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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 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: 44 km WSW of Shiraz, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 52.0973° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.5052° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km WSW of Shiraz, 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 05:22:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-23 05:59:05 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 340 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 5.83 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us2000hivr Id of event.
Event Code 2000hivr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hivr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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