A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Halabjah in Iraq. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 01:55:01 / December 8, 2017 @ 1:55 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.7813 East, latitude 35.0761 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c1x9. Id of event: us2000c1x9. The temblor was reported at 04:55:01 / 4:55 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kifrī, Javānrūd, Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Baynjiwayn (c. 27 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km WSW of Halabjah, Iraq. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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