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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Tāybād in Iran


Earthquake location 33.979S, 60.3844WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Tāybād in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 23:31:51 / December 20, 2024 @ 11:31 pm. The temblor was picked up at 23:31:51 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 60.3844 East, latitude 33.979 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0i7. Unique identifier: us7000p0i7.

Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tāybād (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Tāybād (c. 37 500 pop).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km SSW of Tāybād, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 60.3844° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.979° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 km SSW of Tāybād, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-20 23:31:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-13 02:34:07 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 284 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.265 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 209 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 us7000p0i7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000p0i7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0i7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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