Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.22 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:27:04 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 46.1322° East, latitude 34.6728° North, depth = 10.22 km. Unique identifier: us1000f2gd. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000f2gd. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/06/18 / 2018-06-26 17:57:04 / June 26, 2018 @ 5:57 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kermānshāh, Kahrīz, Kāmyārān.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 34 km NE of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	46.1322° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.6728° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.22 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34km NE of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-06-26 17:57:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-06-26 18:22:53	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	0.557	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.7 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	us1000f2gd	Id of event.
Event Code	1000f2gd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000f2gd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

46.1322° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

34.6728° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10.22 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

34km NE of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2018-06-26 17:57:04

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-06-26 18:22:53

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

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

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

0.557

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.7 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

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us1000f2gd

Id of event.

Event Code

1000f2gd

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us1000f2gd,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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