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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Khorramabad in Iran


Earthquake location 33.215S, 48.2756WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Khorramabad in Iran on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 48.2756 East, latitude 33.215 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nz1h. Id of event: us6000nz1h. The temblor was picked up at 12:26:21 / 12:26 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 12:26:21 / October 16, 2024 @ 12:26 pm.

The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Khorramābād (c. 329 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Borūjerd (c. 252 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kūhdasht (c. 100 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Aznā (c. 47 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Aleshtar (c. 27 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Darreh Shahr (c. 25 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Borūjerd, Darreh Shahr, Ābdānān (min 5000 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 31 km SSW of Khorramabad, Iran.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 48.2756° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.215° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km SSW of Khorramabad, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-16 12:26:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-16 14:44:03 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.844 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 218 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 us6000nz1h Id of event.
Event Code 6000nz1h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nz1h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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