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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Lithakia in Greece

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A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:09:21 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 20.6001° East, 37.2398° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000hhba. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hhba. Global time and date of event 25/10/18 / 2018-10-25 23:09:21 / October 25, 2018 @ 11:09 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Argostólion, Pýlos, Zacháro (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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 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: 56 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	20.6001° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.2398° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56km SSW of Lithakia, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-10-25 23:09:21	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-25 23:24:41	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	60	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5	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	418	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	2.548	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	81	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	us1000hhba	Id of event.
Event Code	1000hhba	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000hhba,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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