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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Masjed Soleymān in Iran

Posted by admin on December 5, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.7002S, 49.5826WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Masjed Soleymān in Iran on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 49.5826° East, latitude 31.7002° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 04:02:39 / December 5, 2024 @ 4:02 am. The temblor was reported at 04:02:39 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nw1c. Event ids that are associated: us7000nw1c.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aghajari, Fārsān, Omīdīyeh (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Omīdīyeh (c. 47 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Fārsān (c. 25 100 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Aghajari (c. 21 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Rāmshīr (c. 19 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km SE of Masjed Soleymān, Iran.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 49.5826° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.7002° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km SE 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 04:02:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-05 04:23:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.496 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 483 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 87 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.625 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 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 us7000nw1c Id of event.
Event Code 7000nw1c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nw1c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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