A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Mandali in Iraq on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 45.5519 East, latitude 33.7058 North, depth = 42.84 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 09:24:00 / January 11, 2018 @ 9:24 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.84 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000ci5c. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ci5c. The temblor was picked up at 12:24:00 / 12:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 86 km (54 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Mehrān, Baqubah.
Each 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-eight, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km S of Mandali, Iraq. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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