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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Lalas in Greece


Earthquake location 37.78S, 21.78WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Lalas in Greece on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 21.78° East, 37.78° North, depth 5 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:10:10 / 7:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/15 / 2015-07-12 16:10:10 / July 12, 2015 @ 4:10 pm. Unique identifier: us20002wyh. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002wyh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).

Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Árgos (c. 22 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Náfplio, Kiáto, Kalamáta. Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km NE of Lalas, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 21.78° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.78° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km NE of Lalas, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-12 16:10:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-12 17:10:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20002wyh Id of event.
Event Code 20002wyh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002wyh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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