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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Kato Achaia in Greece

Posted by admin on September 18, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.1703S, 21.568WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Kato Achaia in Greece. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.51 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:48:45 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/09/18 / 2018-09-18 02:48:45 / September 18, 2018 @ 2:48 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 21.568° East, 38.1703° North, depth 13.51 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000hg7a. Event ids that are associated: us2000hg7a.

Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Karpenísi, Ámfissa, Zacháro. Epicenter of the event was 17 km (10 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Náfpaktos (c. 13 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 2 km NE of Kato Achaia, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 21.568° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1703° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km NE of Kato Achaia, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-18 02:48:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-18 03:02:59 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 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 1.041 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 us2000hg7a Id of event.
Event Code 2000hg7a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hg7a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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