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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Moirai in Greece


Earthquake location 34.8634S, 24.8306WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Moirai in Greece. Global time and date of event 12/06/18 / 2018-06-12 08:45:14 / June 12, 2018 @ 8:45 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 10:45:14 / 10:45 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 25.92 km (16 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 24.8306° East, 34.8634° North, depth 25.92 km. Event id: us1000erlr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000erlr.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra, Goúvai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km S of Moirai, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 24.8306° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.8634° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km S of Moirai, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-12 08:45:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-22 15:06:52 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 298 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 0.426 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 98 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 us1000erlr Id of event.
Event Code 1000erlr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000erlr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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