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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Tabriz in Iran

Posted by admin on August 16, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.9256S, 46.6938WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Tabriz in Iran on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 14:25:08 / 2:25 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/19 / 2019-08-16 10:55:08 / August 16, 2019 @ 10:55 am. Exact location of event, longitude 46.6938 East, latitude 37.9256 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us600055wp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600055wp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ajab Shīr, Bonāb, Ahar. Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Tabrīz (c. 1 424 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ahar (c. 94 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bonāb (c. 80 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from ‘Ajab Shīr (c. 29 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Hashtrūd (c. 16 900 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km ESE of Tabriz, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 46.6938° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.9256° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km ESE of Tabriz, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-16 10:55:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-16 12:38:51 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 2.491 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 103 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 us600055wp Id of event.
Event Code 600055wp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600055wp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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