Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 39 km SSW of Halabjah, Iraq

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Halabjah in Iraq. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:01:53 / 4:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/05/18 / 2018-05-22 00:31:53 / May 22, 2018 @ 12:31 am. Id of earthquake: us1000e9mv. Event ids that are associated: us1000e9mv. Exact location, longitude 45.7984° East, latitude 34.8611° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Baynjiwayn (c. 27 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Pāveh (c. 17 800 pop). Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baynjiwayn, As Sulaymānīyah, Kifrī.

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 sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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As Sulaymānīyah Baynjiwayn Halabjah Iran Iraq Javānrūd Kifrī Pāveh Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	45.7984° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.8611° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39km SSW of Halabjah, Iraq	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-05-22 00:31:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-05-22 00:55:45	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	210	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	312	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	0.263	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.11 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	116	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	us1000e9mv	Id of event.
Event Code	1000e9mv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000e9mv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

45.7984° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

34.8611° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

39km SSW of Halabjah, Iraq

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2018-05-22 00:31:53

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-05-22 00:55:45

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

210

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

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

312

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.263

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.11 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

116

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us1000e9mv

Id of event.

Event Code

1000e9mv

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us1000e9mv,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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