A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j45j. Id of event: us2000j45j. The temblor was picked up at 20:37:00 / 8:37 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 17:07:00 / January 15, 2019 @ 5:07 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 45.5003 East, latitude 34.0727 North, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baqubah, Kifrī, Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km N of Mandali, Iraq.
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