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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Ajab Shīr in Iran


Earthquake location 37.559S, 45.5276WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Ajab Shīr in Iran. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.753 km (10 miles). Global time and date of event 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 14:01:18 / January 9, 2025 @ 2:01 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:01:18 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 45.5276 East, latitude 37.559 North, depth = 15.753 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pivq. Id of event: us6000pivq.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Tabrīz (c. 1 424 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Orūmīyeh (c. 577 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Mīāndoāb (c. 132 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Bonāb (c. 80 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Naqadeh (c. 73 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Oshnavīyeh (c. 50 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Şemdinli, Tabrīz, Mīāndoāb (min 5000 pop).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km WNW of Ajab Shīr, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.5276° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.559° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.753 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km WNW of Ajab Shīr, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-09 14:01:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-10 17:36:08 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 246 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.712 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us6000pivq Id of event.
Event Code 6000pivq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pivq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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