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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 21 km W of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran


Earthquake location 34.4741S, 45.6314WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb in Iran. The temblor was detected at 20:57:36 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/06/24 / 2024-06-30 20:57:36 / June 30, 2024 @ 8:57 pm. Exact location of event, depth 4.552 km, 45.6314° East, 34.4741° North. Id of earthquake: us6000n9he. Event ids that are associated: us6000n9he. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.552 km (3 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tozkhurmato, Pāveh, Javānrūd (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 102 km (64 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km W of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.6314° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.4741° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.552 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km W of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-30 20:57:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-30 21:17:46 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 385 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 65 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.311 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 159 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000n9he Id of event.
Event Code 6000n9he An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n9he, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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