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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Lar in Iran


Earthquake location 27.3034S, 54.9093WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Lar in Iran on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly 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). Exact location, longitude 54.9093° East, latitude 27.3034° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 19:58:51 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/11/19 / 2019-11-06 16:28:51 / November 6, 2019 @ 4:28 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us700063z0. Unique identifier: us700063z0.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gerāsh, Bandar-e Lengeh (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Gerāsh (c. 25 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km SE of Lar, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 54.9093° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.3034° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km SE of Lar, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-06 16:28:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-06 23:27:45 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 326 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 2.621 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 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 us700063z0 Id of event.
Event Code 700063z0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700063z0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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