A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Al Miqdadiyah in Iraq on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:56:37 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000hwg9. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hwg9. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/11/18 / 2018-11-25 20:56:37 / November 25, 2018 @ 8:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.3485° East, 34.1134° North.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khāliş, Baqubah, Kifrī (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Khāliş (c. 70 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 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 six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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