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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 30 km WNW of Ardestān, Iran


Earthquake location 33.4924S, 52.0673WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ardestān in Iran on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:53:49 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000plip. Event ids that are associated: us7000plip. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/03/25 / 2025-03-21 06:53:49 / March 21, 2025 @ 6:53 am. Exact location of earthquake, 52.0673° East, 33.4924° North, depth 10 km.

Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isfahan, Rehnān, Dowlatābād. Event epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Isfahan (c. 1 547 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kāshān (c. 272 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Rehnān (c. 49 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Dowlatābād (c. 33 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Ardestān (c. 16 100 pop).

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 one 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 quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km WNW of Ardestān, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 52.0673° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.4924° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km WNW of Ardestān, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-21 06:53:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-21 07:09:39 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.453 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us7000plip Id of event.
Event Code 7000plip An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000plip, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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