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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Eastern Iran


Earthquake location 30.9243S, 57.0594WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, Eastern Iran kilometers (0 miles) from Eastern Iran. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 57.0594 East, latitude 30.9243 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000b559. Unique identifier: us6000b559. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:06:40 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/20 / 2020-07-28 06:06:40 / July 28, 2020 @ 6:06 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Kermān (c. 577 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kermān, Shahrak-e Pābedānā, Zarand (min 5000 pop).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: Eastern Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 57.0594° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.9243° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Eastern Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-28 06:06:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-28 07:13:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 312 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 5.57 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us6000b559 Id of event.
Event Code 6000b559 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b559, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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