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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Mandalī in Iraq

Posted by admin on May 22, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 33.4482S, 45.6688WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Mandalī in Iraq on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 45.6688° East, latitude 33.4482° North, depth = 12.825 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:00:00 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000myej. Event ids that are associated: us6000myej. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/05/24 / 2024-05-14 00:00:00 / May 14, 2024 @ 12:00 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.825 km (8 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Al ‘Azīzīyah (c. 44 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Al Miqdādīyah, Al ‘Azīzīyah, Īlām (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km SSE of Mandalī, Iraq. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.6688° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.4482° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.825 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km SSE of Mandalī, Iraq Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-14 00:00:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-14 00:13:52 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 246 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.213 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us6000myej Id of event.
Event Code 6000myej An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000myej, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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