Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 2.1 km southwest of Āzādshahr, Golestan, Iran, on Sunday, 6 September 2020 at 21:34 (GMT) -

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 2.1 km southwest of Āzādshahr, Golestan, Iran, on Sunday, 6 September 2020 at 21:34 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth

6 Sep 21:40 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 6 minutes.
Sep 7 08:00: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 5.0.
Date & time: 6 Sep 2020 21:34:27 UTC -
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.07°N / 55.16°E (Golestan, Iran)
Nearby towns and cities:
2 km (1 mi) SSW of Āzādshahr (pop: 47,600) --> See nearby quakes!
20 km (12 mi) S of Gonbad-e Kāvūs (pop: 131,400) --> See nearby quakes!
45 km (28 mi) SW of Kalāleh (Kalaleh) (pop: 33,700) --> See nearby quakes!
68 km (43 mi) ENE of Gorgan (pop: 244,900) --> See nearby quakes!
74 km (46 mi) NNE of Shahrud (Semnan) (pop: 131,900) --> See nearby quakes!
124 km (77 mi) NE of Dāmghān (Semnan) (pop: 67,700) --> See nearby quakes!
149 km (93 mi) ENE of Behshahr (Māzandarān) (pop: 93,500) --> See nearby quakes!
195 km (121 mi) ENE of Sari (Māzandarān) (pop: 255,400) --> See nearby quakes!
368 km (229 mi) ENE of Teheran (Tehrān) (pop: 7,153,300) --> See nearby quakes!
406 km (252 mi) WNW of Mashhad (Razavi Khorasan) (pop: 2,307,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 5.010 kmTurkmenistan-Iran Border RegionGFZ
M 5.115 kmNorthern IranEMSC
M 4.910 kmTurkmenistan-Iran Border RegionBMKG
M 5.19 km4 Km of Ramyan, Golestan (Iran)IRSC
M 5.210 km12 km S of Āzādshahr, IranUSGS
M 5.010 kmTurkmenistan-Iran Border RegionGeoAu
M 5.210 km12 Km S of Āzādshahr, IranUSGS
M 4.910 kmTurkmenistan-Iran Border RegionBMKG

User reports for this quake (46)

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26.8 km NE of epicenter [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) : مینودشت قره سفلو کوچه ۱۲. خیلی شدید بود همه از خواب پریدیم.
79.9 km NNW of epicenter [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 10-15 s
31.9 km SW of epicenter [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / 2-5 s
Gorgan iran (23 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
62.6 km W of epicenter [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / vertical swinging (up and down) / 2-5 s : I felt heading of seismic waves was south-eastern.
21.6 km N of epicenter [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / 5-10 s
گنبد (20.4 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / 2-5 s
21.7 km N of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Ramian / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : It was frightening. We ran out of the house | One user found this interesting.
Gorgan Iran / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / 2-5 s : Dormivo, l'ho sentito e mi sono svegliato, ma era abbastanza forte.
Shahrood / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / 5-10 s : لرزش شدید بود
golestan / kordkuy / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Behshahr Māzandarān / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 15-20 s
Amol / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 5-10 s
Qaemshahr / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
(Iran (Islamic Republic of), 868 km W of epicenter) : احساس شد (reported through EMSC)
Tehrān (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 363 km SW of epicenter) : Very very little (reported through EMSC)
Gorgān (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 50 km W of epicenter) : گرگان هستم . خیلی شدید بود . @amniat_gorgan (reported through EMSC)
Gonbad-e Qābūs (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 37 km NE of epicenter) : شدید‌، (reported through EMSC)
Gonbad-e Qābūs (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 37 km NE of epicenter) : گنبد هستم لرزش شدید بود همه از خونه ها بیرون آمدند (reported through EMSC)
Gonbad-e Qābūs (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 37 km NE of epicenter) : Terrible (reported through EMSC)
Aliabad-e Katul (Iran, 12 km SW of epicenter) : خیلی وقت بود همچین زلزله ای نیومده بود.خدا به خیر کنه.ما که تقریبا نزدیک مرکز زلزله بودیم رامیان (reported through EMSC)
'Alīābād-e Katūl (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 12 km SW of epicenter) : علی آباد کاملا لرزید بمدت ۷ تا ۸ ثانیه (reported through EMSC)
(Iran (Islamic Republic of), 491 km S of epicenter) : شدید بود و همگی از خونه بیرون پریدیم همسایه ها نیز از خونه بیرون آمدند. (reported through EMSC)
Behshahr (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 131 km W of epicenter) : کاملا احساس شد (reported through EMSC)
Shahrud (Iran, 59 km S of epicenter) : ما خواب بودیم که از شدت لرزش از خواب پریدیم. (reported through EMSC)
Mīnū Dasht (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 46 km NE of epicenter) : زلزله ی بسیار شدید بود (reported through EMSC)
(Iran (Islamic Republic of), 42 km NE of epicenter) : It was so awful (reported through EMSC)
Gonbad-e Qābūs (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 37 km NE of epicenter) : نیمه خواب بودم بیدار شدم.فکر کردم گشایش اقتصادی روحانیه (reported through EMSC)
Gonbad-e Qābūs (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 37 km NE of epicenter) : غرب گنبد، روستای بی‌بی‌شیروانخیلی شدید بود (reported through EMSC)
Gonbad-e Qābūs (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 37 km NE of epicenter) : نسبتا شدید بود.گنبد، روستای بی‌بی‌شیروان (reported through EMSC)
Gonbad-e Kāvūs (Iran, 37 km NE of epicenter) : I was in 4th floor, it shaked so baaad!!!! (reported through EMSC)
Gonbad-e Kāvūs (Iran, 37 km NE of epicenter) : It shaked really well!!! (reported through EMSC)
(Iran (Islamic Republic of), 491 km S of epicenter) : خیلی محسوس و شدید بود و تمام ساختمان حدود 10 ثانیه لرزید (reported through EMSC)
Tajrīsh (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 344 km W of epicenter) : تهران حس کردم. کوتاه و ضعیف بود ولی احساس کردم زیر تختم خالی شد (reported through EMSC)
Tajrīsh (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 344 km W of epicenter) : فرمانیه تهران حس شد. خیلی ضعیف بود ولی از صدای در و پنجره و دیوار ها و تکان زمین کمتر از یکثانیه فهمیدم (reported through EMSC)
Tajrīsh (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 344 km W of epicenter) : تهران احساس شد. منطقه فرمانیه. صدای در و دیوار اومد ولی نا محسوس بود. مثل نشست های عادی ساختمان که تیک تیک صدا میده (reported through EMSC)
(Iran (Islamic Republic of), 178 km W of epicenter) : شهر ساری هستم. لرزش حدود چند ثانیه احساس شد. و واضح بود. (reported through EMSC)
Shari-i-Tajan (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 178 km W of epicenter) : ساری کاملا احساس شد (reported through EMSC)
Behshahr (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 131 km W of epicenter) : بهشهر کاملا احساس شد حدود ۳ ثانیه (reported through EMSC)
Kalāleh (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 65 km NE of epicenter) : no (reported through EMSC)
Gorgān (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 50 km W of epicenter) : گرگان چند ثانیه تکان خورد.چند سال چنین حسی نداشتم. (reported through EMSC)
Gorgān (Iran, 50 km W of epicenter) : گرگان هستم هرکس که خواب بود از شدت برزش بیدار شد . بنظرم بالای ۵ ریشتر بود (reported through EMSC)
Gonbad-e Qābūs (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 37 km NE of epicenter) : اره خیلی شدید بود کاملا از خواب پریدیم (reported through EMSC)
Gonbad-e Kāvūs (Iran, 37 km NE of epicenter) : Its so bad (reported through EMSC)
'Alīābād-e Katūl (Iran (Islamic Republic of), 12 km SW of epicenter) : We were asleep. And waken up (reported through EMSC)
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Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake 2.1 km southwest of Āzādshahr, Golestan, Iran, 6 September 2020 21:34 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (3 quakes):
  • 08 Sep 2020 04:24 UTC
    | M 2.9 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | IRSC | Details
  • 07 Sep 2020 16:50 UTC
    | M 2.9 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    12 km (8 mi) distance
    | IRSC | Details
  • 07 Sep 2020 05:53 UTC
    | M 2.9 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    9 km (6 mi) distance
    | IRSC | Details

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Earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 2.1 km southwest of Āzādshahr, Golestan, Iran, on Sunday, 6 September 2020 at 21:34 (GMT)

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