Iraq records 1898 earthquakes in 5 years.. These are their locations
Iraq records 1898 earthquakes in 5 years.. These are their locations
2025-02-25 05:27
Shafaq News/ The Iraqi General Authority for Meteorology and Seismic Monitoring announced, on Tuesday, the recording of 1,898 earthquakes from 2020 to 2025.
The Authority stated in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, “The Seismic Monitoring Department issued a map of seismic activity in Iraq for five years from 2020 to 2025.”
She explained that “seismic activity was concentrated on the northern and northeastern borders of the country along the Zagros seismic zone, which is characterised by the presence of a number of active reverse and normal faults and faults in the areas of the Kurdistan Region and the governorates of Kirkuk, Mosul, Diyala, Wasit and Maysan to a higher degree than the rest of the governorates.”
She explained, “1,898 earthquakes were recorded during this period.”
On February 3, the Seismic Monitoring Department of the Iraqi Meteorological Authority revealed that 62 earthquakes were recorded in the country during the month of January, while confirming that the strength of the earthquakes ranged between 1 and 5 degrees.
A report issued by the Authority, received by Shafak News Agency, stated that “its observatories recorded seismic activity in Iraq and neighboring countries for the month of January 2025, with 92 earthquakes, 62 of which were inside Iraq, distributed between Diyala, Erbil, Nineveh, Sulaymaniyah, Maysan, Kirkuk and Dohuk.”
The report added that “Khanaqin district in Diyala recorded the highest number of earthquakes,” indicating that “22 earthquakes were recorded inside Iran and 8 inside Türkiye.”
According to the report, the strength of the tremors ranged between (1-5) degrees, and at a depth of between 4 and 38 kilometers.
The Director of the Seismic Monitoring Department, Ali Abdulkhaliq, told the agency earlier that “the Halabja, Kalar and Khanaqin triangle became active after a strong earthquake was recorded in Halabja in the Kurdistan Region in 2017, which caused the movement of the ground faults, and when they moved, the region became seismically active.”
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