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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag strikes near Mouzaki in Greece

Posted by admin on October 30, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.531S, 20.4402WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. Global time and date of event 30/10/18 / 2018-10-30 02:59:58 / October 30, 2018 @ 2:59 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000hivt. Event ids that are associated: us1000hivt. Exact location of earthquake, 20.4402° East, 37.531° North, depth 10 km. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:59:58 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Zacháro (c. 5 900 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from Kyparissía (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kyparissía, Filiatrá, Zacháro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km SW of Mouzaki, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.4402° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.531° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km SW of Mouzaki, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-30 02:59:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-30 03:15:53 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 4.32 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 482 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 2.236 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 103 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 us1000hivt Id of event.
Event Code 1000hivt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hivt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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