A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:00:47 / 5:00 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ci9g. Unique identifier: us2000ci9g. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 13:30:47 / January 11, 2018 @ 1:30 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 45.6931° East, 33.6888° North, depth 10 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Al Miqdādīyah, Mehrān (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km ESE of Mandali, Iraq.
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