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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Palaikastron in Greece


Earthquake location 35.0188S, 26.3555WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Palaikastron in Greece. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:21:38 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hqsx. Unique identifier: us1000hqsx. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/11/18 / 2018-11-12 11:21:38 / November 12, 2018 @ 11:21 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 26.3555° East, 35.0188° North, depth 58.03 km. 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 58.03 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra, Siteía. Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 22 km SSE of Palaikastron, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.3555° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.0188° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km SSE of Palaikastron, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-12 11:21:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-12 11:50:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 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 271 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 0.843 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 194 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 us1000hqsx Id of event.
Event Code 1000hqsx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hqsx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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