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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Dib Dibba in Oman


Earthquake location 26.541S, 55.877WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Dib Dibba in Oman. The temblor was detected at 04:54:22 / 4:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10003573. Event ids that are associated: us10003573. Global time and date of event 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 00:24:22 / August 27, 2015 @ 12:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 55.877 East, latitude 26.541 North, depth = 11 km.

Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ras al-Khaimah (c. 115 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Khaşab (c. 17 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ras al-Khaimah, Bandar ‘Abbās, Qeshm. Country/countries that might be effected, United Arab Emirates (c. 4 976 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop), Oman (c. 2 968 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 53 km NW of Dib Dibba, Oman. 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 55.877° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.541° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km NW of Dib Dibba, Oman Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-27 00:24:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-25 22:22:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 270 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 us10003573 Id of event.
Event Code 10003573 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003573, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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