A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Mandali in Iraq on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 45.6685 East, latitude 33.4582 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us2000cqy9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cqy9. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/01/18 / 2018-01-16 15:29:58 / January 16, 2018 @ 3:29 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:29:58 / 6:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Al Miqdādīyah, Al ‘Azīzīyah, Īlām (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Al ‘Azīzīyah (c. 44 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km SSE of Mandali, Iraq. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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