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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Yasuj in Iran

Posted by admin on June 6, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 30.5919S, 51.4922WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Yasuj in Iran. Exact location, longitude 51.4922° East, latitude 30.5919° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/06/18 / 2018-06-06 07:51:04 / June 6, 2018 @ 7:51 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ejg1. Id of event: us1000ejg1. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:21:04 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Semīrom, Dehdasht, Dogonbadan. The epicenter was 12 km (8 miles) from Yasuj (c. 96 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Dogonbadan (c. 94 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Dehdasht (c. 69 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Nūrābād (c. 64 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Semīrom (c. 27 200 pop).

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km SW of Yasuj, Iran.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 51.4922° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.5919° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km SW 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 2018-06-06 07:51:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-06 12:46:51 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 298 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 6.628 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us1000ejg1 Id of event.
Event Code 1000ejg1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ejg1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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