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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Moirai in Greece


Earthquake location 35.0302S, 24.9606WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Moirai in Greece on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 24.9606 East, latitude 35.0302 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us20007dsc. Event ids that are associated: us20007dsc. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/10/16 / 2016-10-05 01:08:17 / October 5, 2016 @ 1:08 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:08:17 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ierápetra, Ágios Nikólaos, Rethymno (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km ESE of Moirai, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 24.9606° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.0302° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km ESE of Moirai, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-05 01:08:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-24 02:01:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 259 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 0.263 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us20007dsc Id of event.
Event Code 20007dsc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007dsc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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