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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Kifrī in Iraq


Earthquake location 34.6254S, 45.2133WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Kifrī in Iraq. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:46:43 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/07/24 / 2024-07-30 19:46:43 / July 30, 2024 @ 7:46 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000n77b. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n77b. Exact location of event, longitude 45.2133 East, latitude 34.6254 North, depth = 10 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Al Miqdādīyah, Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb. Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop). Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 24 km ESE of Kifrī, Iraq.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.2133° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.6254° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km ESE of Kifrī, Iraq Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-30 19:46:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-18 16:24:50 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.074 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 153 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 us7000n77b Id of event.
Event Code 7000n77b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n77b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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