A 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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