Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Kuysinjaq in Iraq

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Kuysinjaq in Iraq on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 23/08/17 / 2017-08-23 13:42:53 / August 23, 2017 @ 1:42 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 44.973 East, latitude 36.1537 North, depth = 10 km. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:42:53 / 4:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000aay1. Event ids that are associated: us2000aay1.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baynjiwayn, Oshnavīyeh, Naqadeh (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Erbil (c. 932 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kirkuk (c. 601 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Mahābād (c. 162 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bāneh (c. 104 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Jamjamāl (c. 75 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Naqadeh (c. 73 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Piranshahr (c. 62 000 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 32 km ENE of Kuysinjaq, Iraq.

As Sulaymānīyah Bāneh Baynjiwayn Erbil Iran Iraq Jamjamāl Kirkuk Kuysinjaq Mahābād Naqadeh Oshnavīyeh Piranshahr

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	44.973° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.1537° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	32km ENE of Kuysinjaq, Iraq	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-08-23 13:42:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-08-23 14:04:16	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	180	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	483	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	0.658	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	49	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	us2000aay1	Id of event.
Event Code	2000aay1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000aay1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

44.973° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

36.1537° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

32km ENE of Kuysinjaq, Iraq

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

Time

2017-08-23 13:42:53

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-08-23 14:04:16

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

483

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

0.658

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

Root Mean Square

1 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

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

us2000aay1

Id of event.

Event Code

2000aay1

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

Event IDS

,us2000aay1,

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

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