A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/19 / 2019-04-23 10:24:40 / April 23, 2019 @ 10:24 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 45.6313° East, latitude 33.5499° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:24:40 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003alr. Unique identifier: us70003alr.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Al ‘Azīzīyah (c. 44 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Al ‘Azīzīyah, Al Miqdādīyah, Īlām.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km SSE of Mandali, Iraq. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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