A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Chamchamal in Iraq on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 08:36:23 / 8:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 44.7837° East, 35.4534° North. Id of earthquake: us70008xln. Event ids that are associated: us70008xln. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/04/20 / 2020-04-09 05:36:23 / April 9, 2020 @ 5:36 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kifrī, Koysinceq, Tozkhurmato. Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Kirkuk (c. 601 400 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Jamjamāl (c. 75 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Koysinceq (c. 45 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 10 km SSW of Chamchamal, Iraq. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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