Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Halabjah in Iraq

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Halabjah in Iraq on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003jrw. Id of event: us70003jrw. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/05/19 / 2019-05-11 10:28:59 / May 11, 2019 @ 10:28 am. Exact location of earthquake, 45.7447° East, 34.9609° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 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). The temblor was picked up at 13:28:59 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Jamjamāl (c. 75 600 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jamjamāl, Tozkhurmato, Kifrī (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 32 km SW of Halabjah, Iraq.

As Sulaymānīyah Halabjah Iran Iraq Jamjamāl Javānrūd Kifrī Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb Tozkhurmato

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	45.7447° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.9609° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	32km SW of Halabjah, Iraq	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-05-11 10:28:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-05-11 10:44:38	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	432	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	0.156	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.71 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	54	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us70003jrw	Id of event.
Event Code	70003jrw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70003jrw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

45.7447° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

34.9609° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

32km SW of Halabjah, Iraq

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2019-05-11 10:28:59

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-05-11 10:44:38

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

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

432

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.156

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.71 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us70003jrw

Id of event.

Event Code

70003jrw

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us70003jrw,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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