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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Al Miqdadiyah in Iraq


Earthquake location 33.9588S, 45.2967WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Al Miqdadiyah in Iraq on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 45.2967° East, latitude 33.9588° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:06:33 / 3:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 14/11/17 / 2017-11-14 00:06:33 / November 14, 2017 @ 12:06 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000bn02. Event ids that are associated: us2000bn02. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kifrī, Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Khāliş (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Khāliş (c. 70 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twelve 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 33 km E of Al Miqdadiyah, Iraq.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.2967° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.9588° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km E of Al Miqdadiyah, Iraq Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-11-14 00:06:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-14 00:26:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 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 259 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.674 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 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 us2000bn02 Id of event.
Event Code 2000bn02 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000bn02, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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