Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Nahāvand in Iran

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Nahāvand in Iran. The epicenter was at a depth of 44.328 km (28 miles). Event id: us6000rnca. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rnca. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:09:28 / 4:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/25 / 2025-10-26 16:09:28 / October 26, 2025 @ 4:09 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 48.2255 East, latitude 34.0795 North, depth = 44.328 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Āzādshahr, Hamadān, Aznā (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Hamadān (c. 528 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Āzādshahr (c. 514 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Khorramābād (c. 329 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Borūjerd (c. 252 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Malāyer (c. 176 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kūhdasht (c. 100 200 pop). Close country/countries, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km SW of Nahāvand, Iran. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	48.2255° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.0795° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	44.328 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18 km SW of Nahāvand, Iran	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-10-26 16:09:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-14 20:04:50	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	32	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.311	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.48 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	106	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	us6000rnca	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rnca	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rnca,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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