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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Bandar-e Genāveh in Iran


Earthquake location 29.8863S, 50.5914WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Bandar-e Genāveh in Iran. The temblor was detected at 22:11:17 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 50.5914° East, 29.8863° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p9mw. Unique identifier: us7000p9mw. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/01/25 / 2025-01-18 22:11:17 / January 18, 2025 @ 10:11 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Behbahān, Khārk, Dogonbadan. Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Behbahān (c. 79 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Bandar-e Ganāveh (c. 52 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Khārk (c. 8 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km NNE of Bandar-e Genāveh, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 50.5914° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.8863° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km NNE of Bandar-e Genāveh, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-18 22:11:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-09 05:51:17 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 246 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.51 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us7000p9mw Id of event.
Event Code 7000p9mw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p9mw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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