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Light earthquake 4 mag, 18 km N of `Ali al Gharbi, Iraq


Earthquake location 32.6277S, 46.7027WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from `Ali al Gharbi in Iraq on Friday. The temblor was reported at 20:20:13 / 8:20 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006f0m. Id of event: us20006f0m. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/07/16 / 2016-07-15 17:20:13 / July 15, 2016 @ 5:20 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 46.7027° East, latitude 32.6277° North, depth = 10 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Darreh Shahr, Al Kūt, . Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Al Kūt (c. 315 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from (c. 78 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Dehlorān (c. 46 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Darreh Shahr (c. 25 000 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from ‘Alī al Gharbī (c. 19 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Ābdānān (c. 19 400 pop). Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven 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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km N of `Ali al Gharbi, Iraq.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 46.7027° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.6277° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km N 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 2016-07-15 17:20:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-16 14:42:18 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 246 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 1.312 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 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 us20006f0m Id of event.
Event Code 20006f0m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006f0m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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