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Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - 27km S of Mandali, Iraq on Thursday, 11 January 2018

Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - 27km S of Mandali, Iraq on Thursday, 11 January 2018
Date & time: Thu, 11 Jan 13:16:41 UTC
Magnitude: 4.3
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 33.5019°N / 45.5946°E (Iraq)
Nearest volcano: Sahand (478 km)
Primary data source: USGS
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Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Thu, 11 Jan 2018
Thu, 11 Jan 13:30 UTCM 4.1 / 10 km - [info]- 14km ESE of Mandali, Iraq[Map]USGS
Thu, 11 Jan 21:51 UTCM 4.5 / 162 km - [info]Iran-Iraq Border Region[Map]GFZ
Fri, 12 Jan 2018
Fri, 12 Jan 07:49 UTCM 3.5 / 8 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Fri, 12 Jan 17:50 UTCM 4.6 / 10 km - [info]- 17km SE of Mandali, Iraq[Map]USGS
Sat, 13 Jan 2018
Sat, 13 Jan 00:33 UTCM 4.3 / 2 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Sat, 13 Jan 06:30 UTCM 4.1 / 14 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Sat, 13 Jan 09:24 UTCM 4.3 / 14 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Sat, 13 Jan 09:31 UTCM 4.0 / 12 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Sun, 14 Jan 2018
Sun, 14 Jan 17:17 UTCM 3.5 / 10 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Sun, 14 Jan 19:45 UTCM 4.1 / 15 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Mon, 15 Jan 2018
Mon, 15 Jan 15:04 UTCM 3.7 / 8 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
Tue, 16 Jan 04:25 UTCM 3.9 / 5 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Tue, 16 Jan 15:30 UTCM 3.7 / 13 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Tue, 16 Jan 19:56 UTCM 3.6 / 8 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Thu, 18 Jan 2018
Thu, 18 Jan 02:54 UTCM 3.8 / 7 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Thu, 18 Jan 13:38 UTCM 3.9 / 10 km - [info]WESTERN IRAN[Map]EMSC
Fri, 19 Jan 2018
Fri, 19 Jan 22:17 UTCM 4.9 / 10 km - [info]Iran-Iraq Border Region[Map]GFZ
Mon, 22 Jan 2018
Mon, 22 Jan 05:51 UTCM 3.6 / 7 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
Tue, 23 Jan 02:03 UTCM 3.5 / 8 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Tue, 23 Jan 03:45 UTCM 4.8 / 10 km - [info]Iran-Iraq Border Region[Map]GFZ
Fri, 26 Jan 2018
Fri, 26 Jan 20:17 UTCM 4.4 / 10 km - [info]Iran-Iraq Border Region[Map]GFZ
Fri, 26 Jan 21:12 UTCM 3.9 / 10 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Sun, 28 Jan 2018
Sun, 28 Jan 04:07 UTCM 3.7 / 10 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Wed, 31 Jan 2018
Wed, 31 Jan 14:56 UTCM 3.5 / 12 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Wed, 31 Jan 17:53 UTCM 3.6 / 8 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Wed, 31 Jan 18:12 UTCM 3.5 / 8 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Wed, 31 Jan 21:29 UTCM 4.1 / 10 km - [info]- 21km SE of Mandali, Iraq[Map]USGS
Thu, 1 Feb 2018
Thu, 1 Feb 03:29 UTCM 3.7 / 9 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Tue, 6 Feb 2018
Tue, 6 Feb 12:28 UTCM 3.5 / 10 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Sat, 10 Feb 2018
Sat, 10 Feb 17:41 UTCM 3.7 / 8 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Fri, 16 Feb 2018
Fri, 16 Feb 18:21 UTCM 4.1 / 10 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Mon, 19 Feb 2018
Mon, 19 Feb 11:02 UTCM 4.5 / 10 km - [info]Iran-Iraq Border Region[Map]GFZ
Sat, 24 Feb 2018
Sat, 24 Feb 16:26 UTCM 4.8 / 15 km - [info]IRAK REVISE01 (2018.02.24[Map]KOERI-RETMC
Sat, 24 Feb 16:26 UTCM 4.0 / 10 km - [info]- 22km S of Al Miqdadiyah, Iraq[Map]USGS
Wed, 28 Feb 2018
Wed, 28 Feb 10:29 UTCM 3.8 / 20 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Sat, 3 Mar 2018
Sat, 3 Mar 13:38 UTCM 3.6 / 8 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Wed, 7 Mar 2018
Wed, 7 Mar 19:01 UTCM 3.7 / 2 km - [info]WESTERN IRAN[Map]EMSC
Tue, 20 Mar 2018
Tue, 20 Mar 02:27 UTCM 3.8 / 2 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Wed, 21 Mar 2018
Wed, 21 Mar 03:13 UTCM 3.5 / 8 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
Wed, 28 Mar 00:27 UTCM 3.9 / 2 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Sun, 1 Apr 2018
Sun, 1 Apr 08:35 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info]Western Iran[Map]GFZ
Sun, 1 Apr 16:01 UTCM 3.5 / 8 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Mon, 2 Apr 2018
Mon, 2 Apr 03:03 UTCM 4.2 / 10 km - [info]- 16km SW of Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran[Map]USGS
Wed, 4 Apr 2018
Wed, 4 Apr 21:47 UTCM 3.6 / 12 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Sat, 7 Apr 2018
Sat, 7 Apr 08:49 UTCM 3.9 / 2 km - [info]WESTERN IRAN[Map]EMSC
Thu, 19 Apr 2018
Thu, 19 Apr 06:36 UTCM 5.3 / 26.8 km - [info] IRAN[Map]KOERI-RETMC
Sun, 22 Apr 2018
Sun, 22 Apr 18:48 UTCM 3.6 / 10 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Sat, 28 Apr 2018
Sat, 28 Apr 01:13 UTCM 4.1 / 2 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC
Sat, 28 Apr 09:50 UTCM 3.6 / 8 km - [info]IRAQ[Map]EMSC
Sat, 5 May 2018
Sat, 5 May 12:43 UTCM 3.5 / 10 km - [info]IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION[Map]EMSC

 

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