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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Bandar-e Lengeh in Iran


Earthquake location 26.9121S, 55.1772WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh in Iran. The temblor was picked up at 21:31:05 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/21 / 2021-01-15 21:31:05 / January 15, 2021 @ 9:31 pm. Unique identifier: us7000d0gn. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000d0gn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 55.1772 East, latitude 26.9121 North, depth = 11.76 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.76 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 108 km (67 miles) from Qeshm (c. 25 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Bandar-e Lengeh (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Qeshm, Bandar-e Lengeh.

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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 49 km NE of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 55.1772° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.9121° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km NE 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 2021-01-15 21:31:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-15 21:54:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.607 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 449 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 2.166 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 us7000d0gn Id of event.
Event Code 7000d0gn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d0gn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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