A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000cpb4. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cpb4. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 21:52:22 / January 11, 2018 @ 9:52 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.5898° East, 33.6461° North. The temblor was reported at 00:52:22 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Baqubah, Mehrān (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 88 km (55 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 11 km SSE of Mandali, Iraq.
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