Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Al Hārithah in Iraq

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Al Hārithah in Iraq. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000nivx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nivx. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/24 / 2024-07-25 04:27:01 / July 25, 2024 @ 4:27 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 47.7912° East, 30.6625° North. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:27:01 / 4:27 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shādegān, Umm Qaşr, Abadan. The epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Al Başrah (c. 2 600 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Al Başrat al Qadīmah (c. 2 015 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Abadan (c. 370 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Khorramshahr (c. 330 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Az Zubayr (c. 122 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Umm Qaşr (c. 107 600 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. Every 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 9 km NNE of Al Hārithah, Iraq.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	47.7912° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	30.6625° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km NNE of Al Hārithah, Iraq	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-25 04:27:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-09 02:25:32	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	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.474	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.55 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	164	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	us6000nivx	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nivx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nivx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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