Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb in Iran

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb in Iran on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 45.4864° East, 34.5432° North, depth 17.263 km. The temblor was detected at 12:41:01 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pyvm. Unique identifier: us6000pyvm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.263 km (11 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/03/25 / 2025-03-07 12:41:01 / March 7, 2025 @ 12:41 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mandalī, Tozkhurmato, (min 5000 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km WNW of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran.

Al Miqdādīyah Iran Iraq Kifrī Mandali Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb Tozkhurmato

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	45.4864° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.5432° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.263 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	35 km WNW 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	2025-03-07 12:41:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-25 12:16:03	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	271	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	42	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.172	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	65	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	us6000pyvm	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pyvm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pyvm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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