A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Al Majar al Kabir in Iraq on Monday. 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). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cjny. Unique identifier: us2000cjny. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 46.9315 East, latitude 31.6632 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 14:27:45 / January 15, 2018 @ 2:27 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 17:27:45 / 5:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from An Nāşirīyah (c. 400 200 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Al ‘Amārah (c. 323 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ash Shaţrah (c. 82 700 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from (c. 21 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from ‘Alī al Gharbī (c. 19 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was An Nāşirīyah, ‘Alī al Gharbī, (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 25 km WNW of Al Majar al Kabir, Iraq.
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