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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Fīrūzābād in Iran

Posted by admin on October 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 28.6659S, 52.1336WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Fīrūzābād in Iran. The temblor was detected at 00:38:44 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 00:38:44 / October 24, 2024 @ 12:38 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nms2. Id of event: us7000nms2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 52.1336 East, latitude 28.6659 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Akbarābād, Fīrūzābād (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Akbarābād (c. 98 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop).

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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 47 km WSW of Fīrūzābād, Iran.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 52.1336° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.6659° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km WSW of Fīrūzābād, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-24 00:38:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-24 00:51:05 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 354 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 67 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.192 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us7000nms2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nms2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nms2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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