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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 8 km N of Drosaton, Greece


Earthquake location 41.2347S, 22.8094WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Drosaton in Greece. The temblor was picked up at 19:36:34 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000bz2i. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bz2i. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 22.8094 East, latitude 41.2347 North, depth = 13.29 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.29 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/18 / 2018-01-02 17:36:34 / January 2, 2018 @ 5:36 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from Thessaloníki (c. 354 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Kalamariá (c. 91 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Blagoevgrad (c. 71 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sérres (c. 58 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Shtip (c. 48 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Strumica (c. 45 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bulgaria (c. 7 149 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Náousa, Razlog, Epanomí (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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 N of Drosaton, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 22.8094° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.2347° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km N of Drosaton, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-02 17:36:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-02 19:39:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 285 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 1.17 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 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 us1000bz2i Id of event.
Event Code 1000bz2i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bz2i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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