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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Bandar ‘Abbas in Iran


Earthquake location 27.5261S, 56.0492WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbas in Iran on Friday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:11:56 / 6:11 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/05/19 / 2019-05-10 02:41:56 / May 10, 2019 @ 2:41 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 56.0492° East, 27.5261° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us70003j5j. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003j5j.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Qeshm, Bandar ‘Abbās (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 44 km NNW of Bandar ‘Abbas, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 56.0492° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.5261° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km NNW of Bandar 'Abbas, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-05-10 02:41:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-10 03:28:31 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 259 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 2.574 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us70003j5j Id of event.
Event Code 70003j5j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003j5j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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