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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Bardaskan in Iran


Earthquake location 35.5841S, 57.5778WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Bardaskan in Iran. Global time and date of event 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 23:09:28 / April 18, 2024 @ 11:09 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:09:28 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000md15. Event ids that are associated: us7000md15. Exact location, longitude 57.5778° East, latitude 35.5841° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kāshmar, Sabzevar. The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Sabzevar (c. 226 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kāshmar (c. 96 200 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected in the same area.

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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: 50 km NW of Bardaskan, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 57.5778° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.5841° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km NW of Bardaskan, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-18 23:09:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-29 02:55:50 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 9.191 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 us7000md15 Id of event.
Event Code 7000md15 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000md15, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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