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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Khowy in Iran

Posted by admin on May 19, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.4885S, 45.1208WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Khowy in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.932 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000mdi6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mdi6. Exact location, longitude 45.1208° East, latitude 38.4885° North, depth = 18.932 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/04/24 / 2024-04-20 18:01:55 / April 20, 2024 @ 6:01 pm. The temblor was detected at 18:01:55 / 6:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Azerbaijan (c. 8 304 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Khvoy (c. 175 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Marand (c. 124 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Salmās (c. 81 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Nakhchivan (c. 64 800 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from (c. 31 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Culfa (c. 10 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ordubad, Nakhchivan, Yaycı (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km ESE of Khowy, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.1208° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.4885° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.932 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km ESE of Khowy, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-20 18:01:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 22:09:58 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 143 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.122 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 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 us7000mdi6 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mdi6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mdi6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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