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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Mandali in Iraq


Earthquake location 33.7596S, 45.7751WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Mandali in Iraq on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.7751 East, latitude 33.7596 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 07:55:01 / January 11, 2018 @ 7:55 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ci4f. Id of event: us2000ci4f. The temblor was detected at 11:25:01 / 11:25 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Al Miqdādīyah, Mehrān, Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 20 km E of Mandali, Iraq.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.7751° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.7596° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km E of Mandali, Iraq Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-11 07:55:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-11 08:14:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 210 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 385 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 1.354 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us2000ci4f Id of event.
Event Code 2000ci4f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ci4f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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