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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Shūshtar in Iran


Earthquake location 32.5393S, 49.1197WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Shūshtar in Iran. Exact location, longitude 49.1197° East, latitude 32.5393° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000nre1. Event ids that are associated: us7000nre1. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 06:46:17 / October 24, 2024 @ 6:46 am. The temblor was reported at 06:46:17 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shūsh, Masjed Soleymān, Shūshtar (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop).

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

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km NNE of Shūshtar, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 49.1197° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.5393° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 km NNE of Shūshtar, 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 06:46:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-14 09:02:09 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.823 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 166 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 us7000nre1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nre1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nre1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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