Light earthquake 4 mag, 17 km ESE of Umm Qasr, Iraq

A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Umm Qasr in Iraq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10008fhm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008fhm. Exact location of event, longitude 48.081 East, latitude 29.978 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:39:18 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/04/17 / 2017-04-02 04:39:18 / April 2, 2017 @ 4:39 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop), Kuwait (c. 2 789 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Al Finţās, Al Hārithah, Al Jahrā’. Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Al Başrah (c. 2 600 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Al Başrat al Qadīmah (c. 2 015 500 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Abadan (c. 370 200 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Khorramshahr (c. 330 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from (c. 164 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from As Sālimīyah (c. 147 600 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	48.081° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	29.978° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17km ESE of Umm Qasr, Iraq	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-04-02 04:39:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-04-19 05:46:42	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	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	6.829	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.97 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	103	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	us10008fhm	Id of event.
Event Code	10008fhm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008fhm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

48.081° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

29.978° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

17km ESE of Umm Qasr, Iraq

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-04-02 04:39:18

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-04-19 05:46:42

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

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

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

6.829

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.97 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

103

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10008fhm

Id of event.

Event Code

10008fhm

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us10008fhm,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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