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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 49 km ENE of Shahrak-e Kūlūrī, Iran


Earthquake location 32.5261S, 48.9529WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Shahrak-e Kūlūrī in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 22:57:19 / August 18, 2024 @ 10:57 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7uk. Unique identifier: us7000n7uk. The temblor was picked up at 22:57:19 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 48.9529 East, latitude 32.5261 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shūsh, Masjed Soleymān, Shūshtar (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 49 km ENE of Shahrak-e Kūlūrī, 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 48.9529° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.5261° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km ENE of Shahrak-e Kūlūrī, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-18 22:57:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-18 23:55:42 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.697 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us7000n7uk Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7uk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7uk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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