Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Khorramshahr in Iran

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Khorramshahr in Iran on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us2000j7qa. Event ids that are associated: us2000j7qa. The temblor was detected at 08:36:26 / 8:36 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 48.2484° East, 30.6913° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 05:06:26 / January 5, 2019 @ 5:06 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Al Başrah (c. 2 600 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Al Başrat al Qadīmah (c. 2 015 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Abadan (c. 370 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Khorramshahr (c. 330 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Az Zubayr (c. 122 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Al Fāw, Ahvaz, Umm Qaşr. Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km NNE of Khorramshahr, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Abadan Ahvaz Al Başrah Al Başrat al Qadīmah Al Fāw Az Zubayr Iran Iraq Khorramshahr Umm Qasr

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	48.2484° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	30.6913° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	28km NNE of Khorramshahr, Iran	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-01-05 05:06:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-01-27 08:10:45	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	271	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	4.898	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	72	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	us2000j7qa	Id of event.
Event Code	2000j7qa	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000j7qa,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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