A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Mandali in Iraq on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 13:54:19 / January 6, 2019 @ 1:54 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j7w1. Unique identifier: us2000j7w1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.18 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 45.5111° East, latitude 34.0932° North, depth = 7.18 km. The temblor was reported at 17:24:19 / 5:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Khāliş (c. 70 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 38 km N of Mandali, Iraq.
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