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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Polykastron in Greece


Earthquake location 41.012S, 22.6847WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Polykastron in Greece on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 22.6847° East, 41.012° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/10/16 / 2016-10-08 00:33:23 / October 8, 2016 @ 12:33 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us20007cpm. Event ids that are associated: us20007cpm. The temblor was picked up at 03:33:23 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gradsko, Pehčevo, Néa Kallikráteia (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Thessaloníki (c. 354 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kalamariá (c. 91 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Sérres (c. 58 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kateríni (c. 53 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Strumica (c. 45 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Sykiés (c. 45 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km ENE of Polykastron, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 22.6847° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.012° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km ENE of Polykastron, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-08 00:33:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-08 01:08:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 246 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 0.922 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us20007cpm Id of event.
Event Code 20007cpm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007cpm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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