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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Masjed Soleymān in Iran


Earthquake location 31.6172S, 49.4436WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Masjed Soleymān in Iran. Exact location of event, longitude 49.4436 East, latitude 31.6172 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 04:23:18 / December 5, 2024 @ 4:23 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000nw1i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nw1i. The temblor was reported at 04:23:18 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Omīdīyeh (c. 47 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rāmshīr (c. 19 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Omīdīyeh, Rāmshīr, Ahvaz.

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

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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: 37 km SSE of Masjed Soleymān, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 49.4436° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.6172° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km SSE of Masjed Soleymān, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-05 04:23:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-05 04:47:52 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 369 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 97 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.59 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 us7000nw1i Id of event.
Event Code 7000nw1i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nw1i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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