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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Mandali in Iraq


Earthquake location 33.6162S, 45.7234WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hh9h. Unique identifier: us2000hh9h. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:29:20 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/09/18 / 2018-09-19 19:29:20 / September 19, 2018 @ 7:29 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.7234° East, 33.6162° North.

The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Al Miqdādīyah, Mehrān.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 21 km SE of Mandali, Iraq.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.7234° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.6162° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km SE 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 2018-09-19 19:29:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-13 19:16:03 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 326 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 1.497 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 us2000hh9h Id of event.
Event Code 2000hh9h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hh9h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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