Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Lithakia in Greece

Posted by admin on December 26, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.315S, 20.8264WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. The temblor was detected at 08:37:54 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/12/18 / 2018-12-26 07:37:54 / December 26, 2018 @ 7:37 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ixms. Unique identifier: us2000ixms. Exact location of event, longitude 20.8264 East, latitude 37.315 North, depth = 10 km.

Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Zacháro (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pýlos, Gargaliánoi, Kyparissía (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

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

Questions or comments?

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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km S of Lithakia, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.8264° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.315° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km S 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 2018-12-26 07:37:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-26 08:12:54 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 0.887 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 us2000ixms Id of event.
Event Code 2000ixms An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ixms, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information

Information and facts about all earthquakes today. Earthquake news and analysis on current events, Plate Tectonics, Seismometers, quake prediction, environment, Tsunamis, Seismologists, Prediction, live now, videos, information, pictures and much more. Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today.

© 2024 Earthquakes today - Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today