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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Lefkada in Greece


Earthquake location 38.766S, 20.4728WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Lefkada in Greece on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000400i. Id of event: us1000400i. Global time and date of event 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 00:41:57 / November 21, 2015 @ 12:41 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:41:57 / 1:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 20.4728° East, 38.766° North, depth 10 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mesolóngi, Igoumenítsa, Agrínio (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Igoumenítsa (c. 9 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Lefkáda (c. 8 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km WSW of Lefkada, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.4728° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.766° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km WSW of Lefkada, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-21 00:41:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-21 00:54:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 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 326 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 1.476 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 63 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 us1000400i Id of event.
Event Code 1000400i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000400i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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