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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 55 km WNW of Qeshm, Iran


Earthquake location 27.0715S, 55.7293WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Qeshm in Iran on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us70007t1r. Unique identifier: us70007t1r. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 55.7293° East, 27.0715° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:09:07 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/02/20 / 2020-02-12 23:39:07 / February 12, 2020 @ 11:39 pm.

The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Bandar ‘Abbās (c. 352 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bandar ‘Abbās, Qeshm (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 55 km WNW of Qeshm, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 55.7293° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.0715° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km WNW of Qeshm, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-12 23:39:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-23 04:19:30 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 2.16 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us70007t1r Id of event.
Event Code 70007t1r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70007t1r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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