A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. Global time and date of event 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 09:31:53 / January 13, 2018 @ 9:31 am UTC/GMT. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:31:53 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cpuv. Unique identifier: us2000cpuv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 45.7026° East, 33.582° North, depth 10 km.
Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Al Miqdādīyah, Īlām, Mehrān (min 5000 pop).
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 fourteen, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 23 km SE of Mandali, Iraq.
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