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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Istgah-e Garmsar in Iran


Earthquake location 35.6394S, 52.723WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Istgah-e Garmsar in Iran on Monday. Global time and date of event 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 13:50:06 / January 15, 2018 @ 1:50 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000cjnq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cjnq. Exact location, longitude 52.723° East, latitude 35.6394° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 17:20:06 / 5:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Semnān (c. 124 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Īstgāh-e Rāh Āhan-e Garmsār (c. 49 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Damāvand (c. 29 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Mahdishahr (c. 21 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sharīfābād (c. 8 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sharīfābād, Semnān, Damāvand. Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km NE of Istgah-e Garmsar, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 52.723° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6394° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58km NE of Istgah-e Garmsar, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-15 13:50:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-16 15:06:05 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 298 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 4.895 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 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 us2000cjnq Id of event.
Event Code 2000cjnq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000cjnq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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