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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Methoni in Greece


Earthquake location 36.6426S, 21.3895WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Methoni in Greece on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000frtf. Event ids that are associated: us2000frtf. Exact location of earthquake, 21.3895° East, 36.6426° North, depth 49.78 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 00:36:19 / June 30, 2018 @ 12:36 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.78 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:36:19 / 1:36 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Messíni (c. 6 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Pýlos (c. 5 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kyparissía (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalamáta, Kyparissía, Messíni.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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.

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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: 34 km SW of Methoni, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 21.3895° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6426° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km SW of Methoni, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-30 00:36:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-30 01:23:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 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 271 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 0.686 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 115 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 us2000frtf Id of event.
Event Code 2000frtf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000frtf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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