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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Kifri in Iraq


Earthquake location 34.4014S, 45.1199WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Kifri in Iraq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jhcz. Unique identifier: us2000jhcz. The temblor was reported at 08:18:23 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/01/19 / 2019-01-29 05:18:23 / January 29, 2019 @ 5:18 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.1199° East, 34.4014° North.

Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Khāliş (c. 70 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khāliş, Baqubah, Mandalī.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km SSE of Kifri, Iraq. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.1199° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.4014° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km SSE of Kifri, Iraq Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-29 05:18:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-27 15:08:25 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 284 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 3.78 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us2000jhcz Id of event.
Event Code 2000jhcz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000jhcz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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