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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 77 km SSW of Fīrūzābād, Iran


Earthquake location 28.1898S, 52.2965WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Fīrūzābād in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000pknr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pknr. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/01/25 / 2025-01-06 17:29:53 / January 6, 2025 @ 5:29 pm. The temblor was picked up at 17:29:53 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 52.2965 East, latitude 28.1898 North, depth = 10 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fīrūzābād (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km SSW of Fīrūzābād, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 52.2965° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.1898° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 km SSW 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 2025-01-06 17:29:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-18 14:49:58 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 259 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.763 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us6000pknr Id of event.
Event Code 6000pknr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pknr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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