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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Shahrud in Iran


Earthquake location 36.603S, 54.8547WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Shahrud in Iran on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 54.8547° East, 36.603° North. Unique identifier: us7000qrdp. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qrdp. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/08/25 / 2025-08-04 21:09:46 / August 4, 2025 @ 9:09 pm. The temblor was reported at 21:09:46 / 9:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āq Qāyeh, Gonbad-e Kāvūs, Dāmghān (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Gorgān (c. 244 900 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Shahrud (c. 131 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Gonbad-e Kāvūs (c. 131 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Dāmghān (c. 67 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Āzādshahr (c. 47 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Āq Qāyeh (c. 5 100 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km NNW of Shahrud, Iran. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 54.8547° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.603° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km NNW of Shahrud, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-04 21:09:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-27 22:56:06 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 259 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.864 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us7000qrdp Id of event.
Event Code 7000qrdp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qrdp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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