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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Borūjen in Iran


Earthquake location 31.6045S, 51.1531WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Borūjen in Iran on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 10:43:32 / 10:43 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/05/24 / 2024-05-11 10:43:32 / May 11, 2024 @ 10:43 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 51.1531° East, 31.6045° North. Unique identifier: us6000mxxz. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxxz. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Shahrekord (c. 129 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from (c. 100 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Borūjen (c. 52 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Farrokh Shahr (c. 32 400 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Semīrom (c. 27 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Fārsān (c. 25 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fārsān, Shahrekord, (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. 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 has struck near.

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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: 41 km SSW of Borūjen, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 51.1531° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.6045° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km SSW of Borūjen, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-11 10:43:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-11 11:43:53 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.738 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us6000mxxz Id of event.
Event Code 6000mxxz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mxxz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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