A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, Iran-Iraq border region kilometers (0 miles) from Iran-Iraq border region. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/05/18 / 2018-05-22 11:36:36 / May 22, 2018 @ 11:36 am. The temblor was reported at 11:36:36 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000e9vr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e9vr. Exact location of event, longitude 46.1316 East, latitude 33.2027 North, depth = 39.87 km. 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 39.87 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Al Kūt, Mandalī, Īlām. Nearby country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Al Kūt (c. 315 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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