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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 62 km SW of Borujen, Iran


Earthquake location 31.5369S, 50.8663WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Borujen in Iran. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/08/16 / 2016-08-01 21:04:42 / August 1, 2016 @ 9:04 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 50.8663 East, latitude 31.5369 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006ada. Unique identifier: us10006ada. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:34:42 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (54 miles) from Shahrekord (c. 129 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Dehdasht (c. 69 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Borūjen (c. 52 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Farrokh Shahr (c. 32 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Semīrom (c. 27 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fārsān (c. 25 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shahrekord, Dehdasht, Fārsān.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 62 km SW of Borujen, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 50.8663° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.5369° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62km SW of Borujen, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-08-01 21:04:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-21 23:17:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 270 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 259 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 0.499 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us10006ada Id of event.
Event Code 10006ada An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006ada, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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