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21 September 2022

ALERT: Mw 5.1 NORTHWESTERN IRAN 18 km SE Khvoy 21/09/2022 17:57 (UTC)

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Rapid Determination of Source Parameters
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WARNING : These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.
Location and magnitude estimations may be revised if necessary in
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EARTHQUAKE on 21/09/2022 at 17:57 (UTC)
NORTHWESTERN IRAN 18 km SE Khvoy

MAGNITUDE: Mw 5.1

Data provided by: BEO BUD DDA GFZ IGUT KAN LVV NEIC SC3

Latitude = 38.43 N
Longitude = 45.10 E
Origin Time = 17:57:58.1 (UTC)
Depth = 30 Km (f)
RMS = 1.63 sec
Gap = 88 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 9.2 Km
- Semi minor = 8.0 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 38 degrees

Number of data used = 389

Preliminary location computed on Wed Sep 21 18:14:35 2022 (UTC)
Done by S Godey

Comments :

Message number: 3287

All magnitudes estimations :
M 4.7 (BEO) M 4.6 (BUD) M 5.0 (DDA) M 4.6 (GFZ)
ML5.0 (IGUT) ML5.0 (KAN) Mw5.1 (NEIC) M 4.8 (SC3)

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