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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 21 km WNW of Qūchān, Iran


Earthquake location 37.2146S, 58.3044WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Qūchān in Iran on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/05/24 / 2024-05-03 12:07:29 / May 3, 2024 @ 12:07 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.645 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 58.3044 East, latitude 37.2146 North, depth = 11.645 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000mvzf. Event ids that are associated: us6000mvzf. The temblor was reported at 12:07:29 / 12:07 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop), Turkmenistan (c. 4 941 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bojnūrd, Ashgabat, Annau (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Ashgabat (c. 727 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Bojnūrd (c. 192 000 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Qūchān (c. 111 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Esfarāyen (c. 59 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Annau (c. 27 500 pop).

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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km WNW of Qūchān, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 58.3044° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2146° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.645 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km WNW of Qūchān, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-03 12:07:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-13 14:23:14 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 271 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 51 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.901 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 138 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 us6000mvzf Id of event.
Event Code 6000mvzf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mvzf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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