A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 38.14 km, 45.6444° East, 33.5652° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.14 km (24 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000ci5f. Event ids that are associated: us2000ci5f. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 09:32:28 / January 11, 2018 @ 9:32 am. The temblor was reported at 12:32:28 / 12:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baqubah, Al ‘Azīzīyah, Al Miqdādīyah (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Al ‘Azīzīyah (c. 44 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 22 km SSE of Mandali, Iraq.
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