Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Al Hayy in Iraq

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Al Hayy in Iraq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:08:52 / 8:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.98 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 45.8397° East, 32.0788° North, depth 13.98 km. Id of earthquake: us10004s20. Event ids that are associated: us10004s20. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/02/16 / 2016-02-19 17:08:52 / February 19, 2016 @ 5:08 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Ad Dīwānīyah (c. 318 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Al Kūt (c. 315 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ash Shaţrah (c. 82 700 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from (c. 78 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ar Rumaythah (c. 47 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from ‘Afak (c. 21 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Alī al Gharbī, Ad Dīwānīyah, Ar Rumaythah.

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. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 21 km WSW of Al Hayy, Iraq. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

‘Afak ‘Alī al Gharbī Ad Dīwānīyah Al Hayy Al Kūt Ar Rumaythah Ash Shaţrah Iraq

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	45.8397° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.0788° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	13.98 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21km WSW of Al Hayy, Iraq	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-02-19 17:08:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-03-16 20:05:55	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	180	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	259	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	2.326	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	91	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	us10004s20	Id of event.
Event Code	10004s20	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004s20,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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