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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Masjed Soleyman in Iran


Earthquake location 31.8453S, 49.9525WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Masjed Soleyman in Iran on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 49.9525 East, latitude 31.8453 North, depth = 37.69 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us100076wc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100076wc. The temblor was picked up at 18:05:38 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.69 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/11/16 / 2016-11-11 14:35:38 / November 11, 2016 @ 2:35 pm UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Masjed Soleymān (c. 111 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Rāmhormoz (c. 38 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Fārsān (c. 25 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fārsān, Rāmhormoz, Masjed Soleymān (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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 62 km E of Masjed Soleyman, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 49.9525° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.8453° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62km E of Masjed Soleyman, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-11 14:35:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-11-28 12:59:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 210 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 284 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 5.31 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us100076wc Id of event.
Event Code 100076wc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100076wc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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