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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Bandar-e Lengeh in Iran


Earthquake location 26.1262S, 54.6997WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh in Iran. Exact location of earthquake, 54.6997° East, 26.1262° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:18:40 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700062rd. Id of event: us700062rd. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/11/19 / 2019-11-04 00:18:40 / November 4, 2019 @ 12:18 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kīsh (c. 20 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kīsh, Bandar-e Lengeh (min 5000 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km SSW of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 54.6997° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.1262° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km SSW of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-04 00:18:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-04 00:34:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 240 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 271 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 1.797 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us700062rd Id of event.
Event Code 700062rd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700062rd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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