A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.3878° East, 34.3064° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/02/18 / 2018-02-19 11:02:00 / February 19, 2018 @ 11:02 am. The temblor was picked up at 14:02:00 / 2:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000d4pf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d4pf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khāliş, Tozkhurmato, Baqubah (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Khāliş (c. 70 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 46 km WSW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran.
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