A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Kifri in Iraq. The temblor was detected at 19:48:38 / 7:48 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/18 / 2018-01-18 16:48:38 / January 18, 2018 @ 4:48 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000crrp. Id of event: us2000crrp. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.2213 East, latitude 34.4907 North, depth = 10.43 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.43 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mandalī, Tozkhurmato, Al Miqdādīyah (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 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 eight, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-three 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: 32 km SE of Kifri, Iraq. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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