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Moderate earthquake: M5.3 quake has struck near Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran


Earthquake location 34.4338S, 45.6848WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. The temblor was reported at 20:39:36 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred 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). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hwe7. Id of event: us1000hwe7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/18 / 2018-11-25 17:09:36 / November 25, 2018 @ 5:09 pm. Exact location, longitude 45.6848° East, latitude 34.4338° North, depth = 10 km.

Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 109 km (68 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tozkhurmato, Pāveh, (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km W of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.6848° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.4338° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km W 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 2018-11-25 17:09:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-25 17:26:25 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 432 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 0.682 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us1000hwe7 Id of event.
Event Code 1000hwe7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hwe7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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