Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Gazion in Greece

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Gazion in Greece. Id of earthquake: us60004xsg. Event ids that are associated: us60004xsg. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.38 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:40:04 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/07/19 / 2019-07-31 04:40:04 / July 31, 2019 @ 4:40 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 24.9714 East, latitude 35.4154 North, depth = 80.38 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mourniés, Chaniá, Ierápetra (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 18 km (11 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 12 km NW of Gazion, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	24.9714° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.4154° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	80.38 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km NW of Gazion, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-07-31 04:40:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-07-31 04:59:51	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	120	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	385	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	0.143	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.74 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43	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	us60004xsg	Id of event.
Event Code	60004xsg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60004xsg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

24.9714° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

35.4154° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

80.38 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

12km NW of Gazion, Greece

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2019-07-31 04:40:04

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-07-31 04:59:51

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

4.1

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

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

385

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.143

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.74 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

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

us60004xsg

Id of event.

Event Code

60004xsg

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us60004xsg,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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