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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Mandali in Iraq


Earthquake location 33.6698S, 45.7448WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000k8g1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k8g1. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.7448 East, latitude 33.6698 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:46:14 / 1:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/04/19 / 2019-04-01 10:16:14 / April 1, 2019 @ 10:16 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 102 km (64 miles) from Baqubah (c. 152 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baqubah, Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Al Miqdādīyah.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km ESE of Mandali, Iraq.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.7448° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.6698° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km ESE of Mandali, Iraq Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-04-01 10:16:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-01 10:59:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 210 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 370 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.443 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000k8g1 Id of event.
Event Code 2000k8g1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000k8g1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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