A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Bayjī in Iraq on Saturday. 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). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/11/25 / 2025-11-22 16:29:11 / November 22, 2025 @ 4:29 pm. The temblor was detected at 16:29:11 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rpv3. Unique identifier: us6000rpv3. Exact location of event, longitude 43.8538 East, latitude 35.075 North, depth = 10 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Kirkuk (c. 601 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Sāmarrā’ (c. 158 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tozkhurmato (c. 59 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Tikrīt (c. 42 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Bayjī (c. 36 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sāmarrā’, Tozkhurmato, Kirkuk (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 37 km ENE of Bayjī, Iraq.
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