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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Mandali in Iraq


Earthquake location 33.5174S, 45.6934WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d897. Unique identifier: us2000d897. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:22:01 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 20.04 km, 45.6934° East, 33.5174° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.04 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 16/02/18 / 2018-02-16 18:22:01 / February 16, 2018 @ 6:22 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Al ‘Azīzīyah, Al Miqdādīyah, Īlām. Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Al ‘Azīzīyah (c. 44 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop).

Every 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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 28 km SSE of Mandali, Iraq.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.6934° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.5174° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km SSE of Mandali, Iraq Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-16 18:22:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-14 22:04:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 246 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.595 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000d897 Id of event.
Event Code 2000d897 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d897, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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