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Moderate earthquake: M5.3 quake has struck near Shahrak-e Kūlūrī in Iran

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Shahrak-e Kūlūrī in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:55:37 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 16/02/25 / 2025-02-16 18:55:37 / February 16, 2025 @ 6:55 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pe4x. Id of event: us7000pe4x. Exact location of earthquake, 48.3958° East, 32.8128° North, depth 10 km.

Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kūhdasht, Dehlorān, Darreh Shahr (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Khorramābād (c. 329 800 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Kūhdasht (c. 100 200 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Shūshtar (c. 77 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Aznā (c. 47 500 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Dehlorān (c. 46 000 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Darreh Shahr (c. 25 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km N of Shahrak-e Kūlūrī, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	48.3958° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.8128° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	51 km N of Shahrak-e Kūlūrī, Iran	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-16 18:55:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-16 19:11:22	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	432	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	124	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.148	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.01 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	40	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	us7000pe4x	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pe4x	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pe4x,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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