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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 20 km SSW of Tympakion, Greece


Earthquake location 34.9065S, 24.6629WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Tympakion in Greece. Id of earthquake: us1000jlqj. Event ids that are associated: us1000jlqj. The temblor was reported at 16:38:35 / 4:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 24.6629 East, latitude 34.9065 North, depth = 32.26 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/03/19 / 2019-03-17 14:38:35 / March 17, 2019 @ 2:38 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.26 km (20 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chaniá, Mourniés, Soúda (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 pop).

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

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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. 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: 20 km SSW of Tympakion, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 24.6629° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.9065° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km SSW of Tympakion, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-17 14:38:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-26 14:08:50 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 298 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 0.423 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 190 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 us1000jlqj Id of event.
Event Code 1000jlqj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000jlqj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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