Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Al Hārithah in Iraq

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Al Hārithah in Iraq on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/11/24 / 2024-11-14 21:08:22 / November 14, 2024 @ 9:08 pm. Event id: us7000nuyk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nuyk. The temblor was picked up at 21:08:22 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 47.8398 East, latitude 31.0573 North, depth = 10 km.

The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Al Başrah (c. 2 600 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Al Başrat al Qadīmah (c. 2 015 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ahvaz (c. 841 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Khorramshahr (c. 330 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Az Zubayr (c. 122 700 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Al Hārithah (c. 92 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ahvaz, Khorramshahr, Az Zubayr (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 52 km N of Al Hārithah, Iraq.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	47.8398° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.0573° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	52 km N 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	2024-11-14 21:08:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-03 02:49:18	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	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.149	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.7 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	152	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	us7000nuyk	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nuyk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nuyk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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