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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Katastarion in Greece

Posted by admin on February 22, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.8553S, 20.3613WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Katastarion in Greece on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.3613 East, latitude 37.8553 North, depth = 16.66 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/02/18 / 2018-02-21 23:44:56 / February 21, 2018 @ 11:44 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 16.66 km (10 miles). Event id: us2000d66w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d66w. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:44:56 / 12:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pýrgos, Amaliáda, Gastoúni (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 35 km W of Katastarion, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.3613° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.8553° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.66 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km W of Katastarion, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-21 23:44:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-22 00:10:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 385 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 1.906 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 44 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 us2000d66w Id of event.
Event Code 2000d66w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d66w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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