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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb in Iran


Earthquake location 34.5527S, 46.1727WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb in Iran. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/10/24 / 2024-10-18 01:10:24 / October 18, 2024 @ 1:10 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000nqej. Event ids that are associated: us7000nqej. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:10:24 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 46.1727° East, latitude 34.5527° North, depth = 10 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kermānshāh, Kahrīz, Kāmyārān. Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km ENE of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 46.1727° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.5527° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km ENE of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-18 01:10:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-08 00:52:16 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 271 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.675 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 176 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 us7000nqej Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqej An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nqej, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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