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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 34 km W of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran

Posted by admin on January 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 34.4787S, 45.4863WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb in Iran on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.36 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000pmhp. Event ids that are associated: us6000pmhp. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/01/25 / 2025-01-27 01:02:30 / January 27, 2025 @ 1:02 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:02:30 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.4863 East, latitude 34.4787 North, depth = 14.36 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pāveh, Javānrūd, Tozkhurmato (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km W of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.4863° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.4787° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km W of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-27 01:02:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-27 01:13:21 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 354 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.211 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us6000pmhp Id of event.
Event Code 6000pmhp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pmhp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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