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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Kāshmar in Iran


Earthquake location 35.2605S, 58.4582WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Kāshmar in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 09:54:49 / June 18, 2024 @ 9:54 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 58.4582° East, 35.2605° North, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mt58. Event ids that are associated: us7000mt58. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:54:49 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from (c. 125 600 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Kāshmar (c. 96 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kāshmar.

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 2 km NNW of Kāshmar, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 58.4582° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.2605° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km NNW of Kāshmar, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-18 09:54:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-18 10:19:30 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 369 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 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 8.777 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us7000mt58 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mt58 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mt58, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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