Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Kerman in Iran

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Kerman in Iran on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:17:45 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 57.392° East, latitude 30.7823° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/03/25 / 2025-03-24 11:17:45 / March 24, 2025 @ 11:17 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pm7v. Unique identifier: us7000pm7v.

Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Kermān (c. 577 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Zarand (c. 59 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Rāvar (c. 40 200 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Shahrak-e Pābedānā (c. 6 500 pop). 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 Shahrak-e Pābedānā, Zarand, Rāvar.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 62 km NNE of Kerman, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	57.392° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	30.7823° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	62 km NNE of Kerman, Iran	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-24 11:17:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-24 11:30:04	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	369	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	75	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	5.909	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	93	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	us7000pm7v	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pm7v	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pm7v,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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