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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Marathokampos in Greece


Earthquake location 37.5932S, 26.6802WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Marathokampos in Greece. Unique identifier: us2000ge8i. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ge8i. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:17:51 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 08:17:51 / July 26, 2018 @ 8:17 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 26.6802 East, latitude 37.5932 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kos, Koçarlı, Bodrum (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Söke (c. 68 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kuşadası (c. 63 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Torbalı (c. 50 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Urla (c. 45 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Selçuk (c. 29 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 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 twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 14 km S of Marathokampos, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.6802° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.5932° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km S of Marathokampos, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-26 08:17:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-26 08:28:45 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 1.563 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us2000ge8i Id of event.
Event Code 2000ge8i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ge8i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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