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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Mandali in Iraq


Earthquake location 33.5499S, 45.6313WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/19 / 2019-04-23 10:24:40 / April 23, 2019 @ 10:24 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 45.6313° East, latitude 33.5499° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:24:40 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003alr. Unique identifier: us70003alr.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Al ‘Azīzīyah (c. 44 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Al ‘Azīzīyah, Al Miqdādīyah, Īlām.

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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km SSE of Mandali, Iraq. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.6313° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.5499° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km SSE 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 2019-04-23 10:24:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-23 13:57:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 284 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 1.564 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us70003alr Id of event.
Event Code 70003alr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003alr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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