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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Bandar-e Ganaveh in Iran


Earthquake location 29.8076S, 49.9126WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Bandar-e Ganaveh in Iran. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 49.9126 East, latitude 29.8076 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:41:50 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 16:41:50 / July 8, 2019 @ 4:41 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us70004n41. Unique identifier: us70004n41. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khārk, Bandar-e Ganāveh.

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

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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: 63 km WNW of Bandar-e Ganaveh, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 49.9126° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.8076° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km WNW of Bandar-e Ganaveh, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-08 16:41:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-23 18:09:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 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 259 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 3.194 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us70004n41 Id of event.
Event Code 70004n41 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70004n41, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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