A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/18 / 2018-11-27 23:50:10 / November 27, 2018 @ 11:50 pm. Exact location, longitude 45.6628° East, latitude 34.2214° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:20:10 / 3:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000hyev. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hyev. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kifrī, Al Miqdādīyah, Mandalī.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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