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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Lithakia in Greece

Posted by admin on November 3, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.1922S, 20.5976WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Lithakia in Greece on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude 20.5976 East, latitude 37.1922 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000i69w. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i69w. The temblor was picked up at 02:10:05 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/11/18 / 2018-11-03 01:10:05 / November 3, 2018 @ 1:10 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kyparissía, Amaliáda, Gargaliánoi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kyparissía (c. 5 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seventy-eight, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 61 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.5976° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.1922° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km 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 2018-11-03 01:10:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-03 01:27:06 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 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 326 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 2.283 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 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 us2000i69w Id of event.
Event Code 2000i69w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000i69w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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