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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Javanrud in Iran


Earthquake location 34.7662S, 46.1785WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Javanrud in Iran. Exact location of event, longitude 46.1785 East, latitude 34.7662 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/17 / 2017-12-20 20:22:08 / December 20, 2017 @ 8:22 pm. Unique identifier: us1000btxf. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000btxf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:52:08 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baynjiwayn, Sanandaj, Kermānshāh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Sanandaj (c. 349 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 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 three, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km W of Javanrud, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 46.1785° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.7662° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km W of Javanrud, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-20 20:22:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-20 22:15:49 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 340 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 1.04 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 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 us1000btxf Id of event.
Event Code 1000btxf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000btxf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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