A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 09:24:19 / January 13, 2018 @ 9:24 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:24:19 / 12:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000cpuu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cpuu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 45.653° East, 33.6269° North, depth 10 km.
The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Al Miqdādīyah, Mehrān, Īlām.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SE of Mandali, Iraq. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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