Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Masjed Soleyman in Iran

Posted by admin on September 24, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.8691S, 49.6708WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Masjed Soleyman in Iran on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 12:32:00 / 12:32 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 09:02:00 / September 24, 2019 @ 9:02 am. Id of earthquake: us60005mnv. Event ids that are associated: us60005mnv. Exact location, longitude 49.6708° East, latitude 31.8691° North, depth = 32.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.22 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fārsān, Shūshtar, Rāmhormoz (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Fārsān (c. 25 100 pop).

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. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

How would you describe the shaking?

Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km ESE of Masjed Soleyman, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 49.6708° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.8691° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km ESE of Masjed Soleyman, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-24 09:02:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-24 11:56:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 210 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 341 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 4.624 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us60005mnv Id of event.
Event Code 60005mnv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60005mnv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information

Information and facts about all earthquakes today. Earthquake news and analysis on current events, Plate Tectonics, Seismometers, quake prediction, environment, Tsunamis, Seismologists, Prediction, live now, videos, information, pictures and much more. Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today.

© 2024 Earthquakes today - Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today