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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran

Posted by admin on November 26, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 34.3226S, 45.6521WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran on Monday. Id of earthquake: us1000hwjg. Event ids that are associated: us1000hwjg. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/11/18 / 2018-11-26 01:19:41 / November 26, 2018 @ 1:19 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 45.6521 East, latitude 34.3226 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:49:41 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pāveh, , Javānrūd (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 24 km SW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.6521° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.3226° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km SW 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 2018-11-26 01:19:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-26 01:38:31 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 369 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 0.794 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us1000hwjg Id of event.
Event Code 1000hwjg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hwjg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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