Magnitude 5.9 SOUTHEASTERN IRAN
2003 August 21 04:02:09 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
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Magnitude | 5.9 | |
| Date-Time |
Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 04:02:09 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 08:32:09 AM local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones |
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| Location | 29.09N 59.81E | ||
| Depth | 20.2 kilometers | ||
| Region | SOUTHEASTERN IRAN | ||
| Reference |
115 km (70 miles) WSW of Zahedan, Iran 295 km (185 miles) ESE of Kerman, Iran 405 km (250 miles) E of Sirjan, Iran 1080 km (670 miles) SE of TEHRAN, Iran |
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| Location Quality | Error estimate: horizontal +/- 7.7 km; depth fixed by location program | ||
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Location Quality Parameters |
Nst=77, Nph=83, Dmin=1842.4 km, Rmss=0.81 sec, Erho=7.7 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=58.0 degrees | ||
| Source | USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) | ||
| Remarks | Damage reported in the Bam area. |
NB:
The region name is an automatically generated name
from the Flinn-Engdahl (F-E) seismic and geographical regionalization scheme.
The boundaries of
these regions are defined at one-degree intervals and therefore differ from
irregular political boundaries.
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