A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Al Miqdadiyah in Iraq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 44.9757° East, 33.7795° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 24/02/18 / 2018-02-24 16:26:33 / February 24, 2018 @ 4:26 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:26:33 / 7:26 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000d7f3. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d7f3.
Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Balad, Baghdad, Ad Dujayl (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Baghdad (c. 5 672 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Khāliş (c. 70 000 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Balad (c. 42 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km S of Al Miqdadiyah, Iraq.
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