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Moderate earthquake: M5.5 quake has struck near Bandar ‘Abbas in Iran


Earthquake location 27.142S, 55.7493WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbas in Iran. Event id: us70007rb0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007rb0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 55.7493° East, latitude 27.142° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/02/20 / 2020-02-16 12:30:47 / February 16, 2020 @ 12:30 pm. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:00:47 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandar-e Lengeh, Qeshm, Bandar ‘Abbās.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 52 km W of Bandar ‘Abbas, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 55.7493° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.142° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km W 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 2020-02-16 12:30:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-16 12:51:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 210 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.926 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level yellow 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 650 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 8.879 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 75 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 us70007rb0 Id of event.
Event Code 70007rb0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70007rb0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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