Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Lardos in Greece

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Lardos in Greece. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:49:50 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 15:49:50 / January 20, 2019 @ 3:49 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us2000j6mu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j6mu. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 28.2831° East, 35.5998° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Triánta (c. 11 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Faliraki (c. 6 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Afántou (c. 5 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Archángelos (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ródos, Triánta, Faliraki (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 59 km SSE of Lardos, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	28.2831° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.5998° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	59km SSE of Lardos, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-01-20 15:49:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-01-20 16:24:46	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	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	0.626	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.03 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	59	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000j6mu	Id of event.
Event Code	2000j6mu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000j6mu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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