M 4.3 earthquake – 16 km SE of Kirkuk, Iraq
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Local time: Jul 30, 2026 · 17:18 (UTC+3)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.3body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 35.376, 44.54017 km from Kirkuk
- Energy released
- 43 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 4M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 284USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Jul 20, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 43 tons of TNT, 11 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
4 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Iraq.
- 7.3 30 km S of Halabja, Iraq Nov 12, 2017
- 6.3 16 km SW of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran Nov 25, 2018
- 6.1 36 km NNE of Mandalī, Iraq Jan 11, 1967
- 6.0 32 km SW of Javānrūd, Iran Aug 25, 2018
- 6.0 28 km SSW of Al-Hamdaniya, Iraq Jul 17, 1944
- 5.9 Turkey-Iraq border region Jan 25, 2005
- 5.8 31 km ENE of Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Iran Jul 22, 2018
- 5.8 21 km ESE of Khānaqīn, Iraq Nov 22, 2013