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28 January 2023

ALERT: Mw 5.9 TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION 2 km NW Khvoy 28/01/2023 18:14 (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 28/01/2023 at 18:14 (UTC)
TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION 2 km NW Khvoy

MAGNITUDE: Mw 5.9

Data provided by: BEO BUD CSLC DDA GFZ GSRC IGUT IMP KAN LED
MAD SC3

Latitude = 38.56 N
Longitude = 44.94 E
Origin Time = 18:14:46.6 (UTC)
Depth = 10 Km (f)
RMS = 1.19 sec
Gap = 91 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 11.3 Km
- Semi minor = 6.4 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 21 degrees

Number of data used = 497

Preliminary location computed on Sat Jan 28 18:31:21 2023 (UTC)
Done by S. M.

Comments :

Message number: 3346

All magnitudes estimations :
M 5.6 (BEO) M 5.6 (BUD) M 5.8 (DDA) M 5.6 (GFZ)
Mb5.9 (GSRC) ML5.9 (IGUT) MW5.6 (IMP) ML5.9 (KAN)
MB5.2 (LED) mb5.5 (MAD) M 5.7 (SC3)

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