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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Borāzjān in Iran

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Borāzjān in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000pki5. Event ids that are associated: us6000pki5. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/01/25 / 2025-01-16 19:20:53 / January 16, 2025 @ 7:20 pm. Exact location, longitude 51.1162° East, latitude 29.6315° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:20:53 / 7:20 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Kāzerūn (c. 94 500 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khārk, Dogonbadan, Bandar-e Būshehr (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

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. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km NNW of Borāzjān, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	51.1162° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	29.6315° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	41 km NNW 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	2025-01-16 19:20:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-16 19:40:45	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	340	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	86	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	6.501	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.71 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	53	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	us6000pki5	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pki5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pki5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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