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16 March 2023

ALERT: mb 5.1 NORTHWESTERN IRAN 19 km NW Tasuj 16/03/2023 11:47 (UTC)

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EARTHQUAKE on 16/03/2023 at 11:47 (UTC)
NORTHWESTERN IRAN 19 km NW Tasuj

MAGNITUDE: mb 5.1

Data provided by: BEO BUD DDA GFZ MMD SC3

Latitude = 38.44 N
Longitude = 45.22 E
Origin Time = 11:47:19.7 (UTC)
Depth = 50 Km
RMS = 1.87 sec
Gap = 48 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 9.7 Km
- Semi minor = 7.7 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 127 degrees

Number of data used = 285

Preliminary location computed on Thu Mar 16 11:58:06 2023 (UTC)
Done by Gilles Mazet-Roux

Comments :

Message number: 3429

All magnitudes estimations :
M 5.1 (BEO) M 5.0 (BUD) M 5.1 (DDA) M 5.1 (GFZ)
mb5.1 (MMD) M 5.1 (SC3)

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