A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Kuysinjaq in Iraq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/02/18 / 2018-02-19 21:31:39 / February 19, 2018 @ 9:31 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d4y8. Id of event: us2000d4y8. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:31:39 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 44.7946 East, latitude 36.0885 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was As Sulaymānīyah, Kirkuk, Piranshahr (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Erbil (c. 932 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kirkuk (c. 601 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Jamjamāl (c. 75 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Piranshahr (c. 62 000 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Koysinceq (c. 45 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two 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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