A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Mandali in Iraq on Sunday. Event id: us1000cdsh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cdsh. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/01/18 / 2018-01-21 13:21:30 / January 21, 2018 @ 1:21 pm. The temblor was reported at 16:21:30 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.651 East, latitude 33.4388 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Al ‘Azīzīyah (c. 44 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Al Miqdādīyah, Al ‘Azīzīyah, Īlām. Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 35 km SSE of Mandali, Iraq.
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