A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:20:45 / 1:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 21:50:45 / January 11, 2018 @ 9:50 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 45.7468° East, 33.7534° North, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cikp. Id of event: us2000cikp.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mehrān, Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Al Miqdādīyah (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 17 km E of Mandali, Iraq.
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