A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Chamchamal in Iraq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 11/07/15 / 2015-07-11 18:27:45 / July 11, 2015 @ 6:27 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.2 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us20002wtt. Event ids that are associated: us20002wtt. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 44.8137 East, latitude 35.6348 North, depth = 56.2 km. The temblor was reported at 21:27:45 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tozkhurmato, As Sulaymānīyah, Koysinceq (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Kirkuk (c. 601 400 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Jamjamāl (c. 75 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Koysinceq (c. 45 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km N of Chamchamal, Iraq. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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