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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Emponas in Greece

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Emponas in Greece on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 87.4 km (54 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/04/17 / 2017-04-16 12:11:04 / April 16, 2017 @ 12:11 pm. The temblor was detected at 14:11:04 / 2:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 27.5079 East, latitude 36.16 North, depth = 87.4 km. Event id: us10008i3v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008i3v.

Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kos (c. 19 200 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Triánta (c. 11 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Datça (c. 10 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Faliraki (c. 6 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Afántou (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kos, Ródos, Datça.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km WSW of Emponas, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	27.5079° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.16° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	87.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	32km WSW of Emponas, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-04-16 12:11:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-04-16 12:27:44	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	271	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	0.499	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.01 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	102	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	us10008i3v	Id of event.
Event Code	10008i3v	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008i3v,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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