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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Mīnāb in Iran


Earthquake location 27.3798S, 57.8079WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Mīnāb in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/01/21 / 2021-01-13 22:57:20 / January 13, 2021 @ 10:57 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 57.8079 East, latitude 27.3798 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000d850. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d850. The temblor was detected at 22:57:20 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mīnāb. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Mīnāb (c. 70 800 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km ENE of Mīnāb, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 57.8079° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.3798° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76 km ENE of Mīnāb, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-13 22:57:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-13 23:11:07 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 284 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 2.82 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us6000d850 Id of event.
Event Code 6000d850 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d850, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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