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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Fereydūnshahr in Iran


Earthquake location 32.7876S, 49.5608WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Fereydūnshahr in Iran on Friday. Unique identifier: us6000n91q. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n91q. Global time and date of event 28/06/24 / 2024-06-28 23:00:13 / June 28, 2024 @ 11:00 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:00:13 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 49.5608° East, 32.7876° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 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).

Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Alīgūdarz (c. 91 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Khvānsār (c. 21 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Fareydūnshahr (c. 11 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khvānsār, Alīgūdarz, Fareydūnshahr. Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 55 km WSW of Fereydūnshahr, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 49.5608° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.7876° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 km WSW of Fereydūnshahr, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-28 23:00:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-28 23:21:50 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 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.948 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us6000n91q Id of event.
Event Code 6000n91q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n91q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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