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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Piranshahr in Iran


Earthquake location 36.7665S, 44.9969WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Piranshahr in Iran on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 16:14:51 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000q9rz. Event ids that are associated: us7000q9rz. Exact location of earthquake, 44.9969° East, 36.7665° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/06/25 / 2025-06-30 16:14:51 / June 30, 2025 @ 4:14 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orūmīyeh, Koysinceq, Şemdinli. Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Orūmīyeh (c. 577 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Mahābād (c. 162 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Naqadeh (c. 73 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Piranshahr (c. 62 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Oshnavīyeh (c. 50 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Koysinceq (c. 45 000 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km WNW of Piranshahr, Iran. This data 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 44.9969° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.7665° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km WNW of Piranshahr, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-30 16:14:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-30 17:14:37 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.169 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us7000q9rz Id of event.
Event Code 7000q9rz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q9rz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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