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Earthquake: M 4.7 quake strikes near `Ali al Gharbi in Iraq


Earthquake location 32.6823S, 46.8939WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (mg/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from `Ali al Gharbi in Iraq. The temblor was reported at 11:34:42 / 11:34 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 43.59 km (27 miles). Global time of event 2015-02-15 08:04:42 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 46.8939 East, latitude 32.6823 North, depth 43.59 km.

Close countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Al ‘Amārah (c. 323 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from (c. 78 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Dehlorān (c. 46 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Darreh Shahr (c. 25 000 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from ‘Alī al Gharbī (c. 19 700 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Al ‘Amārah, Mehrān.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 46.8939° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.6823° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km NE of `Ali al Gharbi, Iraq Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-15 08:04:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-15 08:27:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 210 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 340 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources us A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.428 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID usb000tphb Id of event.
Event Code b000tphb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS usb000tphb A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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