Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Ierapetra in Greece

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Ierapetra in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:54:53 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/11/16 / 2016-11-17 21:54:53 / November 17, 2016 @ 9:54 pm. Event id: us100079nj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100079nj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.32 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude 25.7157° East, latitude 34.806° North, depth = 6.32 km.

Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gázi, Moíres, Néa Alikarnassós.

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

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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: 22 km S of Ierapetra, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	25.7157° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.806° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.32 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22km S of Ierapetra, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-11-17 21:54:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-09 04:41:29	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	120	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	0.83	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.99 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	123	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	us100079nj	Id of event.
Event Code	100079nj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us100079nj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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