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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 52 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece

Posted by admin on November 18, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.5236S, 20.2782WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece on Sunday. Event id: us1000htfp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000htfp. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/11/18 / 2018-11-18 06:06:45 / November 18, 2018 @ 6:06 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.2782° East, 37.5236° North. The temblor was reported at 07:06:45 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amaliáda, Gastoúni, Argostólion. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.2782° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.5236° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km WSW 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 2018-11-18 06:06:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-18 06:28:33 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 369 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 1.356 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us1000htfp Id of event.
Event Code 1000htfp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000htfp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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