A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Kifri in Iraq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jhcz. Unique identifier: us2000jhcz. The temblor was reported at 08:18:23 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/01/19 / 2019-01-29 05:18:23 / January 29, 2019 @ 5:18 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.1199° East, 34.4014° North.
Close country/countries, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Khāliş (c. 70 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khāliş, Baqubah, Mandalī.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km SSE of Kifri, Iraq. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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