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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Masjed Soleymān in Iran


Earthquake location 31.9556S, 49.6498WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Masjed Soleymān in Iran. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0m8. Id of event: us7000n0m8. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 49.6498 East, latitude 31.9556 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/07/24 / 2024-07-21 06:59:39 / July 21, 2024 @ 6:59 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:59:39 / 6:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fārsān, Shūshtar, Rāmhormoz (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Fārsān (c. 25 100 pop). 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km E of Masjed Soleymān, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 49.6498° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.9556° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km E of Masjed Soleymān, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-21 06:59:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-21 08:08:34 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 271 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 4.51 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us7000n0m8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n0m8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n0m8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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