A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from As Sulaymaniyah in Iraq on Saturday. Exact location, longitude 45.5202° East, latitude 35.592° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 02:42:16 / 2:42 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000emv7. Id of event: us1000emv7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 23:42:16 / June 8, 2018 @ 11:42 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jamjamāl, Bāneh. Earthquake epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bāneh (c. 104 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Jamjamāl (c. 75 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Baynjiwayn (c. 27 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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