A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us2000ci49. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ci49. The temblor was picked up at 10:37:08 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 45.6317 East, latitude 33.6662 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 07:37:08 / January 11, 2018 @ 7:37 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baqubah, Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Mehrān (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km SE of Mandali, Iraq. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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