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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near `Ali al Gharbi in Iraq

Posted by admin on September 25, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.7821S, 46.5968WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from `Ali al Gharbi in Iraq. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/09/15 / 2015-09-25 06:10:24 / September 25, 2015 @ 6:10 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20003nxf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003nxf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 46.5968 East, latitude 32.7821 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:10:24 / 9:10 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Al Kūt (c. 315 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from (c. 78 300 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Dehlorān (c. 46 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Darreh Shahr (c. 25 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from ‘Alī al Gharbī (c. 19 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ābdānān (c. 19 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Īlām, , Darreh Shahr (min 5000 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 36 km NNW of `Ali al Gharbi, Iraq. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 46.5968° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.7821° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km NNW 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 2015-09-25 06:10:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-25 06:28:01 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 369 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 5.81 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us20003nxf Id of event.
Event Code 20003nxf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003nxf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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