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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Halabjah in Iraq


Earthquake location 34.9609S, 45.7447WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Halabjah in Iraq on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003jrw. Id of event: us70003jrw. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/05/19 / 2019-05-11 10:28:59 / May 11, 2019 @ 10:28 am. Exact location of earthquake, 45.7447° East, 34.9609° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 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). The temblor was picked up at 13:28:59 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from As Sulaymānīyah (c. 723 200 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Jamjamāl (c. 75 600 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from (c. 57 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb (c. 51 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Javānrūd (c. 38 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kifrī (c. 30 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jamjamāl, Tozkhurmato, Kifrī (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop).

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 sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 32 km SW of Halabjah, Iraq.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.7447° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.9609° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32km SW of Halabjah, Iraq Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-05-11 10:28:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-11 10:44:38 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 432 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 0.156 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70003jrw Id of event.
Event Code 70003jrw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003jrw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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