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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 31 km NW of Rāmshīr, Iran


Earthquake location 31.0824S, 49.1576WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Rāmshīr in Iran on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 06:53:46 / May 10, 2024 @ 6:53 am. Exact location of event, longitude 49.1576 East, latitude 31.0824 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:53:46 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000myzn. Id of event: us6000myzn.

Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Omīdīyeh (c. 47 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Shādegān (c. 37 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aghajari (c. 21 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Rāmshīr (c. 19 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aghajari, Shādegān, Omīdīyeh (min 5000 pop).

Every 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. 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 nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km NW of Rāmshīr, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 49.1576° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.0824° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km NW of Rāmshīr, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-10 06:53:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-23 13:02:07 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.796 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us6000myzn Id of event.
Event Code 6000myzn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000myzn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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