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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Iran-Iraq border region


Earthquake location 34.3362S, 45.6393WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported Iran-Iraq border region kilometers (0 miles) from Iran-Iraq border region on Tuesday. Event id: us7000ajdk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ajdk. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/07/20 / 2020-07-07 08:52:26 / July 7, 2020 @ 8:52 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:52:26 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 45.6393 East, latitude 34.3362 North, depth = 10 km.

Epicenter of the event was 25 km (15 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Al Miqdādīyah, Kifrī, Mandalī (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Iran-Iraq border region. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.6393° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.3362° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Iran-Iraq border region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-07 08:52:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-08 08:05:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 271 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 0.781 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us7000ajdk Id of event.
Event Code 7000ajdk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ajdk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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