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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Mouzaki in Greece

Posted by admin on April 27, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.5554S, 20.3605WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us70003cz6. Event ids that are associated: us70003cz6. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/04/19 / 2019-04-27 15:07:58 / April 27, 2019 @ 3:07 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.3605 East, latitude 37.5554 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:07:58 / 4:07 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amaliáda, Gastoúni, Argostólion (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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 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: 44 km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.3605° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.5554° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km 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 2019-04-27 15:07:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-27 16:27:22 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 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 1.302 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us70003cz6 Id of event.
Event Code 70003cz6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003cz6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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