Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag strikes near Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 45.6718° East, 34.131° North, depth 25.14 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 13:42:01 / January 6, 2019 @ 1:42 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000j0th. Event ids that are associated: us2000j0th. The temblor was detected at 17:12:01 / 5:12 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 25.14 km (16 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (65 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Khāliş (c. 70 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pāveh, Khāliş, Javānrūd.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km SSW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Al Miqdādīyah Baqubah Īlām Iran Iraq Javānrūd Khāliş Kifrī Mandali Pāveh Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	45.6718° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.131° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	25.14 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	40km SSW 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	2019-01-06 13:42:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-01-06 14:06:15	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	210	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	16	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	7.149	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	yellow	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	655	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	0.984	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.97 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	42	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	us2000j0th	Id of event.
Event Code	2000j0th	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000j0th,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

45.6718° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

34.131° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

25.14 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

40km SSW 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

2019-01-06 13:42:01

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-01-06 14:06:15

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

3.3

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

7.149

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

yellow

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

655

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

0.984

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

Root Mean Square

0.97 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

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

us2000j0th

Id of event.

Event Code

2000j0th

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

Event IDS

,us2000j0th,

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

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