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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Javānrūd in Iran


Earthquake location 34.4162S, 46.4302WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Javānrūd in Iran. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/24 / 2024-07-22 03:05:48 / July 22, 2024 @ 3:05 am. The temblor was reported at 03:05:48 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 46.4302° East, latitude 34.4162° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000n0rg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0rg.

Epicenter of the event was 57 km (36 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Īlām, Pāveh, Kāmyārān.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 42 km S of Javānrūd, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 46.4302° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.4162° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km S of Javānrūd, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-22 03:05:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-22 21:18:33 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 65 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.911 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us7000n0rg Id of event.
Event Code 7000n0rg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n0rg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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