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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Chamchamal in Iraq


Earthquake location 35.6348S, 44.8137WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 44.8137° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6348° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km N of Chamchamal, Iraq Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-11 18:27:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-14 16:12:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 284 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 2.668 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us20002wtt Id of event.
Event Code 20002wtt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002wtt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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