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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Lithakia in Greece

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. Event id: us2000jinx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jinx. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/02/19 / 2019-02-16 01:57:15 / February 16, 2019 @ 1:57 am. The temblor was reported at 03:57:15 / 3:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.7165 East, latitude 37.5408 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kyparissía, Filiatrá, Zacháro.

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 sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	20.7165° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.5408° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22km SSW 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	2019-02-16 01:57:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-02-16 02:20:02	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	1.028	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.23 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	143	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	us2000jinx	Id of event.
Event Code	2000jinx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000jinx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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