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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb in Iran


Earthquake location 34.3896S, 46.2758WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb in Iran on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/11/24 / 2024-11-09 05:21:23 / November 9, 2024 @ 5:21 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us7000nua5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nua5. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 46.2758° East, 34.3896° North. The temblor was picked up at 05:21:23 / 5:21 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (44 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Īlām, Kāmyārān.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 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: 38 km ESE of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 46.2758° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.3896° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km ESE 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 2024-11-09 05:21:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-26 17:37:42 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.837 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 151 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 us7000nua5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nua5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nua5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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