Major earthquake, 7.2 mag has occurred near Halabjah in Iraq

A major earthquake with magnitude 7.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Halabjah in Iraq. The 7.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:18:19 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/11/17 / 2017-11-12 18:18:19 / November 12, 2017 @ 6:18 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000bmcg. Event ids that are associated: us2000bmcg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.794 East, latitude 34.9303 North, depth = 33.94 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.94 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirkuk, Kermānshāh, Mandalī. The epicenter was 130 km (81 miles) from Kahrīz (c. 766 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 135 km (84 miles) from Kermānshāh (c. 621 100 pop), 141 km (87 miles) from Kirkuk (c. 601 400 pop), 118 km (73 miles) from Sanandaj (c. 349 200 pop), 119 km (74 miles) from Bāneh (c. 104 800 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Jamjamāl (c. 75 600 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Kāmyārān (c. 61 600 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop).

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious 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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 32 km SSW of Halabjah, Iraq.

As Sulaymānīyah Bāneh Halabjah Iran Iraq Jamjamāl Kahriz Kāmyārān Kermānshāh Kirkuk Mandali Sanandaj Tozkhurmato

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	45.794° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.9303° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33.94 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	32km SSW of Halabjah, Iraq	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-11-12 18:18:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-12 18:38:28	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	180	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	34	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	7.4	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	816	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	3.733	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.02 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	63	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000bmcg	Id of event.
Event Code	2000bmcg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000bmcg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

7.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

45.794° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

34.9303° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

33.94 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

32km SSW of Halabjah, Iraq

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

Time

2017-11-12 18:18:19

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-11-12 18:38:28

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

5.4

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

7.4

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

816

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

3.733

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

Root Mean Square

1.02 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

mww

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000bmcg

Id of event.

Event Code

2000bmcg

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

Event IDS

,us2000bmcg,

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

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