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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Bandar Abbas in Iran


Earthquake location 27.658S, 56.294WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Bandar Abbas in Iran on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 14:04:30 / 2:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000nfnd. Event ids that are associated: us6000nfnd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 56.294° East, latitude 27.658° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/07/24 / 2024-07-25 14:04:30 / July 25, 2024 @ 2:04 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Qeshm, Bandar ‘Abbās (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 52 km N of Bandar Abbas, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 56.294° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.658° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km N of Bandar Abbas, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-25 14:04:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-25 15:56:58 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 298 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.703 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 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 us6000nfnd Id of event.
Event Code 6000nfnd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nfnd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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