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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