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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Bāfq in Iran

Posted by admin on October 26, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.1316S, 56.0348WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Bāfq in Iran. Exact location, longitude 56.0348° East, latitude 32.1316° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000cdjs. Event ids that are associated: us6000cdjs. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/20 / 2020-10-26 21:34:51 / October 26, 2020 @ 9:34 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 21:34:51 / 9:34 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Bāfq (c. 31 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bāfq (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 83 km NE of Bāfq, Iran.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 56.0348° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.1316° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 km NE of Bāfq, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-26 21:34:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-26 21:54:21 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 385 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 5.666 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us6000cdjs Id of event.
Event Code 6000cdjs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cdjs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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