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Moderate earthquake 5.7 mag, 37 km SW of Mouzaki, Greece

Posted by admin on October 30, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.5038S, 20.5067WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 16:12:00 / 4:12 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hj1l. Unique identifier: us1000hj1l. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/10/18 / 2018-10-30 15:12:00 / October 30, 2018 @ 3:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.5067 East, latitude 37.5038 North, depth = 10 km.

The epicenter was 84 km (53 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Zacháro (c. 5 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gargaliánoi, Kyparissía, Filiatrá (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km SW of Mouzaki, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.5067° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.5038° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km 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 15:12:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-30 15:34:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.48 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 501 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 2.09 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000hj1l Id of event.
Event Code 1000hj1l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hj1l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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