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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Al ‘Amārah in Iraq


Earthquake location 31.961S, 47.4443WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Al ‘Amārah in Iraq. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 47.4443 East, latitude 31.961 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/09/24 / 2024-09-09 00:03:46 / September 9, 2024 @ 12:03 am UTC/GMT. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:03:46 / 12:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000nqje. Event ids that are associated: us6000nqje. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Close 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 Dehlorān, Sūsangerd, Shūsh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Al ‘Amārah (c. 323 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Shūsh (c. 52 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Dehlorān (c. 46 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Sūsangerd (c. 41 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 31 km ENE of Al ‘Amārah, Iraq.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 47.4443° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.961° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km ENE of Al ‘Amārah, Iraq Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-09 00:03:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-02 05:03:12 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.206 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151 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 us6000nqje Id of event.
Event Code 6000nqje An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nqje, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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