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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Fasā in Iran


Earthquake location 28.4689S, 53.207WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Fasā in Iran on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/09/25 / 2025-09-14 04:50:40 / September 14, 2025 @ 4:50 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:50:40 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rfdx. Unique identifier: us6000rfdx. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 53.207 East, latitude 28.4689 North, depth = 10 km.

Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Fasā (c. 98 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Fīrūzābād (c. 66 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fīrūzābād, Fasā (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 67 km SW of Fasā, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 53.207° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.4689° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 km SW of Fasā, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-14 04:50:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-10 04:02:17 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.416 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us6000rfdx Id of event.
Event Code 6000rfdx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rfdx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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