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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Ydra in Greece

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Ydra in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 23.7879° East, 37.2179° North. Event id: us2000cqn9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cqn9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:48:32 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 14:48:32 / January 28, 2018 @ 2:48 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Áno Liósia, Acharnés, Asprópyrgos. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Athens (c. 664 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Piraeus (c. 163 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Peristéri (c. 140 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kallithéa (c. 100 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Acharnés (c. 99 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Níkaia (c. 89 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Glyfáda (c. 87 300 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 32 km ESE of Ydra, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	23.7879° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.2179° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	32km ESE of Ydra, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-01-28 14:48:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-01-28 15:48:25	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	120	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	312	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	3.191	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	66	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	us2000cqn9	Id of event.
Event Code	2000cqn9	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000cqn9,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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