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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Bushehr in Iran


Earthquake location 28.8145S, 51.2722WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Bushehr in Iran. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:27:19 / 12:27 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000q495. Event ids that are associated: us6000q495. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/04/25 / 2025-04-05 12:27:19 / April 5, 2025 @ 12:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 51.2722 East, latitude 28.8145 North, depth = 10 km.

Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Borāzjān, Bandar-e Būshehr. The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Bandar-e Būshehr (c. 165 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Borāzjān (c. 86 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 45 km ESE of Bushehr, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 51.2722° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.8145° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km ESE of Bushehr, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-05 12:27:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-06 05:40:32 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.851 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us6000q495 Id of event.
Event Code 6000q495 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q495, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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