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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 28 km W of Methoni, Greece

Posted by admin on September 27, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.7747S, 21.3897WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Methoni in Greece on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h36s. Unique identifier: us1000h36s. Exact location of earthquake, 21.3897° East, 36.7747° North, depth 10 km. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:21:49 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/09/18 / 2018-09-27 10:21:49 / September 27, 2018 @ 10:21 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Spárti (c. 16 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Messíni (c. 6 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Zacháro (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýrgos, Spárti, Megalópoli (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km W of Methoni, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 21.3897° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.7747° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km W 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 2018-09-27 10:21:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-27 10:39:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 416 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 3.19 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 us1000h36s Id of event.
Event Code 1000h36s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000h36s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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