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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Mandali in Iraq


Earthquake location 33.8212S, 45.7296WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. The temblor was picked up at 00:07:20 / 12:07 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us60007ig7. Event ids that are associated: us60007ig7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/01/20 / 2020-01-28 20:37:20 / January 28, 2020 @ 8:37 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 45.7296° East, 33.8212° North, depth 10 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baqubah, Mehrān, Al Miqdādīyah (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop). Nearby 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 18 km ENE of Mandali, Iraq.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.7296° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.8212° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km ENE of Mandali, Iraq Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-28 20:37:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-28 23:16:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 210 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 369 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 2.201 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us60007ig7 Id of event.
Event Code 60007ig7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007ig7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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