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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Mīnāb in Iran


Earthquake location 27.7971S, 57.3864WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Mīnāb in Iran. Exact location, longitude 57.3864° East, latitude 27.7971° North, depth = 38.9 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.9 km (24 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 23:42:08 / July 19, 2024 @ 11:42 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0e7. Id of event: us7000n0e7. The temblor was detected at 23:42:08 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mīnāb (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Mīnāb (c. 70 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 79 km NNE of Mīnāb, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 57.3864° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.7971° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79 km NNE of Mīnāb, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-19 23:42:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-13 00:09:23 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 246 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 3.032 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us7000n0e7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n0e7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n0e7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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