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


Earthquake location 26.6604S, 55.3366WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh in Iran on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 18:31:25 / January 24, 2020 @ 6:31 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 55.3366° East, 26.6604° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:01:25 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us60007pjt. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007pjt.

The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bandar-e Lengeh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 46 km ENE 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 55.3366° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.6604° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km ENE 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 2020-01-24 18:31:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-21 18:54:58 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 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 1.878 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us60007pjt Id of event.
Event Code 60007pjt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007pjt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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