A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Halabjah in Iraq on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/17 / 2017-12-11 14:42:40 / December 11, 2017 @ 2:42 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.99 km (8 miles). Unique identifier: us2000c2ug. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c2ug. Exact location, longitude 45.734° East, latitude 35.0189° North, depth = 12.99 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:42:40 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jamjamāl, Kifrī, Javānrūd (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Jamjamāl (c. 75 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Baynjiwayn (c. 27 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 28 km SW of Halabjah, Iraq.
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