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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Do Gonbadan in Iran


Earthquake location 30.243S, 50.8091WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Do Gonbadan in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 04:41:37 / 4:41 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70008gek. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008gek. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/03/20 / 2020-03-22 01:11:37 / March 22, 2020 @ 1:11 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 50.8091° East, 30.243° North, depth 35 km.

Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Yasuj (c. 96 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Behbahān (c. 79 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Dehdasht (c. 69 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yasuj, Bandar-e Ganāveh, Nūrābād. Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km S of Do Gonbadan, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 50.8091° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.243° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km S of Do Gonbadan, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-22 01:11:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-01 04:42:06 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 271 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 7 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 us70008gek Id of event.
Event Code 70008gek An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008gek, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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