Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Fīrūzābād in Iran

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Fīrūzābād in Iran on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000nw43. Event ids that are associated: us7000nw43. 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: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 13:25:58 / December 5, 2024 @ 1:25 pm. The temblor was picked up at 13:25:58 / 1:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 51.6774° East, 28.3941° North, depth 10 km.

Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (64 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 101 km (62 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bandar-e Būshehr, Fīrūzābād (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 100 km WSW of Fīrūzābād, Iran.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	51.6774° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	28.3941° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	100 km WSW of Fīrūzābād, 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 13:25:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-05 13:44:42	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	385	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	84	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	5.31	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	78	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	us7000nw43	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nw43	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nw43,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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