Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 10:51:58 / January 9, 2020 @ 10:51 am. Exact location of event, depth 7.67 km, 45.4872° East, 34.6126° North. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:51:58 / 1:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.67 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006wvp. Unique identifier: us70006wvp.

Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mandalī, Javānrūd, Pāveh (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 38 km WNW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.

Al Miqdādīyah Iran Iraq Javānrūd Kifrī Mandali Pāveh Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb Tozkhurmato

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	45.4872° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.6126° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.67 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38km WNW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-01-09 10:51:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-09 11:11:40	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	180	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	340	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	0.538	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.57 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	78	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	us70006wvp	Id of event.
Event Code	70006wvp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70006wvp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

45.4872° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

34.6126° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

7.67 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

38km WNW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-01-09 10:51:58

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-01-09 11:11:40

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

2.2

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

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

340

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.538

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.57 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us70006wvp

Id of event.

Event Code

70006wvp

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us70006wvp,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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