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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Astypalaia in Greece


Earthquake location 36.654S, 26.14WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Astypalaia in Greece. The temblor was detected at 17:56:19 / 5:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.37 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000dxk8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dxk8. Exact location, longitude 26.14° East, latitude 36.654° North, depth = 10.37 km. Global time and date of event 10/04/18 / 2018-04-10 15:56:19 / April 10, 2018 @ 3:56 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Kálymnos (c. 10 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos, Kálymnos.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km WNW of Astypalaia, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.14° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.654° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km WNW of Astypalaia, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-10 15:56:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-10 17:04:25 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 370 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 1.379 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 us2000dxk8 Id of event.
Event Code 2000dxk8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000dxk8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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