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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Qeshm in Iran


Earthquake location 27.0121S, 55.5816WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Qeshm in Iran. Unique identifier: us2000jni3. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jni3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 18:26:38 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/02/19 / 2019-02-10 14:56:38 / February 10, 2019 @ 2:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 55.5816° East, latitude 27.0121° North, depth = 10 km.

The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar ‘Abbās, Qeshm. Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 68 km W of Qeshm, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 55.5816° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.0121° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km W of Qeshm, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-10 14:56:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-27 15:49:48 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 2.133 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us2000jni3 Id of event.
Event Code 2000jni3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000jni3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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