M 4.6 in Iraq on 22 Nov 2025 16:29 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1511473
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.075 , 43.8538
Event Date: 22 Nov 2025 16:29 UTC
22 Nov 2025 19:29 Local
Exposed Population:
20 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 22 Nov 2025 18:13 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.9 (Iraq)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000rpv3 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Minor earthquake hits in Saudi Arabia 11/24/2025 10:27:00 AM.

TABUK, Saudi Arabia, Nov 24, 2025 (BSS) - The Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) recorded two earthquakes on Saturday - one in Saudi Arabia and another in Iraq, media reports said. According to the SGS, its National Seismic Monitoring Network de
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Minor earthquake hits near Harrat Al-Shaqa in western Saudi Arabia 11/24/2025 2:37:00 AM.

The Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) recorded two earthquakes on Saturday — one in Saudi Arabia and another in Iraq, Saudi Gazette reported. According to the SGS, its National Seismic Monitoring Network detected a minor quake about 86km northw
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Minor earthquake strikes in western Saudi Arabia Just now 1m read 11/24/2025 2:27:00 AM.

According to the SGS, its National Seismic Monitoring Network detected a minor quake about 86km northwest of Harrat Al Shaqa, situated between Al-Ais in the Madinah region and Umluj in the Tabuk region. Also Read: Saudi Arabia braces for h
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UAE''s NCM Records 5.0-Magnitude Earthquake In Iraq 11/24/2025 12:24:00 AM.

- Khaleej Times) An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck Iraq on Saturday, November22, according to the National Seismic Network of the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM). The tremor occurred at 8.29pm UAE time, at a depth of 30km. Recommen
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),