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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Bandar Abbas in Iran


Earthquake location 27.8841S, 56.3344WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Bandar Abbas in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.65 km (27 miles). 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: 09/10/20 / 2020-10-09 15:26:28 / October 9, 2020 @ 3:26 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:26:28 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 56.3344° East, latitude 27.8841° North, depth = 43.65 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c74a. Id of event: us6000c74a.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandar ‘Abbās (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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: 77 km N of Bandar Abbas, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 56.3344° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.8841° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 km N of Bandar Abbas, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-09 15:26:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-09 16:51:20 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 298 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 2.929 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us6000c74a Id of event.
Event Code 6000c74a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c74a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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