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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Susangerd in Iran


Earthquake location 31.3074S, 48.2105WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Susangerd in Iran on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 10/12/18 / 2018-12-10 22:21:57 / December 10, 2018 @ 10:21 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 48.2105 East, latitude 31.3074 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:51:57 / 1:51 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000itmu. Event ids that are associated: us2000itmu.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Al Hārithah (c. 92 400 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Sūsangerd (c. 41 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Shādegān (c. 37 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shādegān, Al Hārithah, Ahvaz (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km S of Susangerd, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 48.2105° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.3074° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km S of Susangerd, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-10 22:21:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-20 00:38:54 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 284 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 4.334 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us2000itmu Id of event.
Event Code 2000itmu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000itmu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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