A 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.
Did you feel the quake?
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.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply