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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Taybad in Iran


Earthquake location 34.1449S, 60.2871WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Taybad in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 60.2871° East, latitude 34.1449° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 07:59:06 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006tev. Id of event: us70006tev. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 04:29:06 / January 2, 2020 @ 4:29 am UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Tāybād (c. 37 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kafir Qala (c. 18 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Kuhsān (c. 12 100 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Tīr Pul (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tīr Pul, Kuhsān, Kafir Qala.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km SW of Taybad, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 60.2871° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.1449° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79km SW of Taybad, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-02 04:29:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-02 04:46:33 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 416 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 1.638 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70006tev Id of event.
Event Code 70006tev An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006tev, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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