A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 45.6014° East, latitude 34.1726° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jnc3. Unique identifier: us2000jnc3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:07:14 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/02/19 / 2019-02-07 05:37:14 / February 7, 2019 @ 5:37 am.
Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kifrī, Al Miqdādīyah, Mandalī (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km SW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.
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