A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:33:28 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 45.6659 East, latitude 33.5479 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 00:33:28 / January 13, 2018 @ 12:33 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cj67. Unique identifier: us2000cj67.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Al ‘Azīzīyah, Al Miqdādīyah, Īlām. Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Al ‘Azīzīyah (c. 44 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km SSE of Mandali, Iraq. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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