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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Methoni in Greece


Earthquake location 36.6995S, 21.3049WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Methoni in Greece. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:00:54 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/11/18 / 2018-11-10 01:00:54 / November 10, 2018 @ 1:00 am. Event id: us1000hq47. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hq47. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 21.3049 East, latitude 36.6995 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Messíni (c. 6 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Pýlos (c. 5 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kyparissía (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalamáta, Messíni, Kyparissía (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 38 km WSW of Methoni, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 21.3049° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6995° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38km WSW 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 2018-11-10 01:00:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-10 01:20:22 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 259 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 2.457 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 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 us1000hq47 Id of event.
Event Code 1000hq47 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hq47, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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