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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Yasuj in Iran


Earthquake location 30.8256S, 51.4925WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Yasuj in Iran on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 51.4925 East, latitude 30.8256 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/02/21 / 2021-02-18 03:20:15 / February 18, 2021 @ 3:20 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:20:15 / 3:20 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000dkp8. Event ids that are associated: us6000dkp8.

Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Yasuj (c. 96 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Dehdasht (c. 69 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Semīrom (c. 27 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dehdasht, Dogonbadan, Nūrābād (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km NNW of Yasuj, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 51.4925° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.8256° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km NNW of Yasuj, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-18 03:20:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-15 01:25:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 284 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 7.189 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 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 us6000dkp8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000dkp8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dkp8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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