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On 7/18/2009 8:32:27 PM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 and depth 7.4km has struck an highly populated area in the Ninawa Province (population: 1.8 million) in Iraq. GDACS estimates the likelihood for need of international humanitarian intervention to be medium (Orange alert).
This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact since the affected region is highly populated and has low resilience for natural disasters.
The earthquake 58km from the city of Al Mawsil. The nearest populated places are Kabaruk (7km), Tall 'Azbah (12km), 'Ali Awah (14km), Sultan 'Abd Allah (6km), Shu'ayrat (11km), Al 'Adiah (20km). It is a mountainous region with a maximum altitude of 1291 m.
