Very dangerous earthquake in the Iran-iraq border region - November 25, 2018

Created November 25, 2018 Last update November 25, 2018 17:12 By

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Update 16:09 UTC: Shaking impact on nearby cities and villages and on the population in MMI (Modified Mercalli scaled).

Update 16:06 UTC: USGS previeuws a max. theoretical shaking of VIII MMI near the epicenter (severe shaking)

Update 16:04 UTC: Professor Max Wyss, who specializes in theoretical prognoses of injuries and fatalities expects : 5 to 200 fatalities and 50 to 600 injuries.

Update 16:00 UTC: Based on the Magnitude, Depth, History of earthquakes in the area and the time in the evening the shaking happened (most peole will be at home) we do fear that this earthquake might be very dangerous for serious dame and even injuries. Fatalities are not to be excluded neither.

Update 15:59 UTC:

Update 15:54 UTC: Based on the present earthquake parameters (Magnitude, Depth, Population, etc) and our experience with earthquake damage impact, earthquake-report.com calls this earthquake extremely dangerous and expects injuries and serious damage

Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 6.2

Local Time (conversion only below land) : Unknown

GMT/UTC Time : 2018-11-25 16:37:31

Depth (Hypocenter) : 10 km

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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFO
GEOFON Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 23:00 4.9 15 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 23:00 5.0 40 MAP
USGS Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran Nov 25 23:00 5.0 10 MAP
USGS Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran Nov 25 22:28 4.1 10 MAP
EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 22:28 4.1 2 MAP
EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 22:16 3.6 11 MAP
EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 21:58 3.9 11 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 20:56 4.4 40 MAP
GEOFON Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 20:56 4.5 10 MAP
USGS Al Miqdadiyah, Iraq Nov 25 20:56 4.4 10 MAP
GEOFON Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 20:42 4.3 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS Mandali, Iraq Nov 25 20:42 4.3 10 MAP
EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 20:42 4.3 60 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • Balad - Felt like it went on for a long time but it couldn’t have been as long as it felt
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    EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 17:59 3.7 10 MAP
    EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 17:55 3.5 12 MAP
    EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 17:48 3.6 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • Mangaf - Light shaking
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    EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 17:31 4.1 2 MAP
    EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 17:26 3.7 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • salmiya - Weak shaking
  • Hawally - I feel strong compare to previous on today I feel slow motion like 20 to 30 sec
  • Baghdad - shaking lasted about 25 seconds. No damage happened
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    EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 17:21 4.0 6 MAP
    EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 17:09 5.1 30 MAP
    USGS Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran Nov 25 17:09 5.3 10 MAP
    GEOFON Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 17:09 5.3 10 MAP
    EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 17:01 3.5 10 MAP
    USGS Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran Nov 25 16:37 6.3 10 MAP
    GEOFON Iran-iraq Border Region Nov 25 16:37 6.2 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • Baghdad - Light shaking
  • Baghdad - Light shaking
  • Erbil - Light shaking
  • Erbil - lasted approximately 15 seconds. no damage
  • Taji - Moderate rolling and swaying lasted approximately 30 seconds, strongest at about 20 seconds
  • Al hillah - Weak shaking
  • baneh - it was quickly
  • In selimani - It lasted for 10 or more seconds and nothing was damaged
  • Fahad al ahmad - Light shaking
  • Muthanna - The couch and bed were shaking very lightlu
  • hawally - my bed sharked twice strongly
  • Kuwait City - No more than a couple of seconds, lying at rest with vibrations in the bed.
  • Erbil - Moderate shaking
  • Baghad - Violent for 20 seconds then moderate for 15 more seconds
  • Baghdad - It was moderate shaking a side to side motion. Nothing fell of wall but could see things on shelf and table slightly wobble back and forth!
  • karaj - Weak shaking
  • Baghdad - Light shaking
  • Salmiya - Weak shaking
  • hawally - Bed shaked twice ....
  • Baghdad airport - Continued to 5 seconds at first was light but moderate in final
  • hamedan - i felt a shake on lamps
  • Salmiya - All peoples is in downside now
  • Mangaf - Light shaking
  • Baghdad - Several minutes.
  • Sulaymaniyah - Very weak shaking
  • --- - Chairs moved for a gew seconds
  • Mangaf - Very weak shaking
  • Mahboula - Moderate shaking
  • Erbil - Light shaking
  • Jabriya - Slight wobble lasting about 2 seconds felt while sitting down on the top floor of 5 story building.
  • Salmiya - Didn't fell it at all
  • Salmiya - Light shaking
  • Fintas - I felt the building sway slightly 3-4 times I live on the 6th it caused wind chimes to sway.
  • Mangaf - Very weak shaking
  • abbasiya - Light shaking
  • Mehabula - Very weak shaking
  • Balad Air Base - 1-2 minutes with aftershocks
  • sanandaj - Moderate shaking
  • kuwait - Light shaking
  • Fahaheel - Light shaking
  • Salmiya - We are out of building now.
  • fintas - Moderate shaking
  • Fintas - Weak shaking
  • Farwaniya - Slight movement of wall decorations Felt it at least twice distinctly and seperately
  • Al ahmadi - The shaking was moderate but very scary, me and my family rushed out and the earthquake lasted for a few seconds .
  • Mangaf - I first felt dizzy and I saw my door keys were swayingfor around 10 seconds... then I realize it's an earthquake
  • Mahboula - 5 seconds
  • Baghdad - Few seconds. No damage to the property and no injuries.
  • Fahaheel - My bed shaked one time...
  • Erbil - Around 7-10 seconds Felt the shaking and noticed keychain swaying 2 times this evening One around 16:40 UTC one around 17:00 utc
  • Mangaf - Very strong shaking
  • Mangaf - No damage to us.. The bulding was shake little bit...
  • Mahboula - Weak shaking
  • Sulaimani - Strong shaking
  • Sankt Peterburg - billding 5 et. not.felt!
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    Felt by persons at rest, on upper floors or favorably placed.
    MMI III (Weak shaking) ?
    People :
    Felt indoors; hanging objects may swing, vibration similar to passing of light trucks, duration may be estimated, may not be recognized as an earthquake.
    MMI IV (Light shaking) ?
    People :
    Generally noticed indoors but not outside. Light sleepers may be awakened. Vibration may be likened to the passing of heavy traffic, or to the jolt of a heavy object falling or striking the building.
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    Doors and windows rattle. Glassware and crockery rattle. Liquids in open vessels may be slightly disturbed. Standing motorcars may rock.
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    Walls and frames of buildings, and partitions and suspended ceilings in commercial buildings, may be heard to creak.
    MMI V (Moderate shaking) ?
    People :
    Generally felt outside, and by almost everyone indoors. Most sleepers awakened. A few people alarmed.
    Fittings :
    Small unstable objects are displaced or upset. Some glassware and crockery may be broken. Hanging pictures knock against the wall. Open doors may swing. Cupboard doors secured by magnetic catches may open. Pendulum clocks stop, start, or change rate.
    Structures :
    Some large display windows cracked. A few earthenware toilet fixtures cracked.
    MMI VI (Strong shaking) ?
    People Felt by all. People and animals alarmed. Many run outside. Difficulty experienced in walking steadily.
    Fittings :
    Objects fall from shelves. Pictures fall from walls. Some furniture moved on smooth floors, some unsecured free-standing fireplaces moved. Glassware and crockery broken. Very unstable furniture overturned. Small church and school bells ring. Appliances move on bench or table tops. Filing cabinets or "easy glide" drawers may open (or shut).
    Structures :
    Slight damage to buildings with low standard. Some stucco or cement plaster falls. Large display windows broken. Damage to a few weak domestic chimneys, some may fall.
    Environment :
    Trees and bushes shake, or are heard to rustle. Loose material may be dislodged from sloping ground, e.g. existing slides, talus slopes, shingle slides.
    MMI VII (Very strong shaking) ?
    People
    General alarm. Difficulty experienced in standing. Noticed by motorcar drivers who may stop.
    Fittings :
    Large bells ring. Furniture moves on smooth floors, may move on carpeted floors. Substantial damage to fragile contents of buildings.
    Structures :
    Unreinforced stone and brick walls cracked. Low standard buildings cracked with some minor masonry falls. A few instances of damage to buildings of ordinary workmanship. Unbraced parapets, unbraced brick gables, and architectural ornaments fall. Roofing tiles, especially ridge tiles may be dislodged. Many unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, often falling from roof-line. Water tanks Type I burst. A few instances of damage to brick veneers and plaster or cement-based linings. Unrestrained water cylinders (hot-water cylinders) may move and leak. Some common windows cracked. Suspended ceilings damaged.
    Environment :
    Water made turbid by stirred up mud. Small slides such as falls of sand and gravel banks, and small rock-falls from steep slopes and cuttings. Instances of settlement of unconsolidated or wet, or weak soils. Some fine cracks appear in sloping ground. A few instances of liquefaction (i.e. small water and sand ejections).
    MMI VIII (Severe shaking) ?
    People Alarm may approach panic. Steering of motorcars greatly affected. Structures : Low standard buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. ordinary workmanship buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged in some cases. A few instances of damage to buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes. Monuments and pre-1976 elevated tanks and factory stacks twisted or brought down. Some pre-1965 infill masonry panels damaged. A few post-1980 brick veneers damaged. Decayed timber piles of houses damaged. Houses not secured to foundations may move. Most unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, some below roof-line, many brought down. Environment : Cracks appear on steep slopes and in wet ground. Small to moderate slides in roadside cuttings and unsupported excavations. Small water and sand ejections and localized lateral spreading adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
    MMI IX (Violent shaking) ?
    Structures Many low standard buildings destroyed. Ordinary workmanship buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes damaged in some cases, some with flexible frames seriously damaged. Damage or permanent distortion to some buildings and bridges, designed and built to normal use standards. Houses not secured to foundations shifted off. Brick veneers fall and expose frames. Environment : Cracking of ground conspicuous. Landsliding general on steep slopes. Liquefaction effects intensified and more widespread, with large lateral spreading and flow sliding adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
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