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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Halabjah in Iraq


Earthquake location 35.0761S, 45.7813WA 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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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.7813° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.0761° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km WSW 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 2017-12-08 01:55:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-08 02:26:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.8 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 261 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 0.064 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 149 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 us2000c1x9 Id of event.
Event Code 2000c1x9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000c1x9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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