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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Borāzjān in Iran


Earthquake location 29.4028S, 51.1977WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Borāzjān in Iran. Exact location of earthquake, 51.1977° East, 29.4028° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 21/11/24 / 2024-11-21 00:31:31 / November 21, 2024 @ 12:31 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:31:31 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nwir. Id of event: us7000nwir.

Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khārk, Nūrābād, Bandar-e Ganāveh (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km N of Borāzjān, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 51.1977° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.4028° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km N of Borāzjān, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-21 00:31:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-19 00:17:38 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 271 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.292 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us7000nwir Id of event.
Event Code 7000nwir An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nwir, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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