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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Minab in Iran


Earthquake location 28.0178S, 56.7613WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 101 kilometers (63 miles) from Minab in Iran on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 22/01/20 / 2020-01-22 19:23:13 / January 22, 2020 @ 7:23 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 56.7613° East, latitude 28.0178° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 22:53:13 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us60007d34. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007d34. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandar ‘Abbās, Mīnāb. Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Mīnāb (c. 70 800 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 101 km NNW of Minab, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 56.7613° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.0178° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 101km NNW of Minab, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-22 19:23:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-22 20:05:10 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 416 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 3.1 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 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 us60007d34 Id of event.
Event Code 60007d34 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007d34, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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