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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Iran-Iraq border region


Earthquake location 34.7206S, 45.8741WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported Iran-Iraq border region kilometers (0 miles) from Iran-Iraq border region on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000c1za. Event ids that are associated: us2000c1za. The temblor was picked up at 07:39:48 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 07:39:48 / December 8, 2017 @ 7:39 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 45.8741 East, latitude 34.7206 North, depth = 10 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kifrī, Javānrūd, Pāveh. Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: Iran-Iraq border region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.8741° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.7206° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Iran-Iraq border region 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 07:39:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-08 09:30:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 271 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 0.415 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 199 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 us2000c1za Id of event.
Event Code 2000c1za An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000c1za, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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