A 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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