Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 40 km NE of Shahrud, Iran

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Shahrud in Iran. Exact location of event, depth 50.764 km, 55.2618° East, 36.6979° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/06/24 / 2024-06-02 08:00:00 / June 2, 2024 @ 8:00 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50.764 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mpla. Unique identifier: us7000mpla. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:00:00 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Gorgān (c. 244 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Shahrud (c. 131 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Gonbad-e Kāvūs (c. 131 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Āzādshahr (c. 47 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kalāleh (c. 33 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Āq Qāyeh (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalāleh, Gorgān, Āq Qāyeh (min 5000 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 have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 40 km NE of Shahrud, Iran.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	55.2618° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.6979° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	50.764 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	40 km NE of Shahrud, Iran	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-02 08:00:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-05 06:05:50	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	312	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	63	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.587	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	104	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	us7000mpla	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mpla	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mpla,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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