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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Dogonbadan in Iran


Earthquake location 30.2926S, 50.5093WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Dogonbadan in Iran on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 50.5093° East, latitude 30.2926° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000nqiw. Event ids that are associated: us6000nqiw. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:45:17 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/09/24 / 2024-09-08 21:45:17 / September 8, 2024 @ 9:45 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandar-e Ganāveh, Aghajari, Dehdasht (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Behbahān (c. 79 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Dehdasht (c. 69 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Aghajari (c. 21 800 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km WSW of Dogonbadan, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 50.5093° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.2926° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km WSW of Dogonbadan, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-08 21:45:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-08 21:58:42 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 259 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 6.166 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us6000nqiw Id of event.
Event Code 6000nqiw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nqiw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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