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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 78 km SSW of Tympakion, Greece

Posted by admin on February 15, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 34.4398S, 24.3593WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Tympakion in Greece on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 09:19:57 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 07:19:57 / January 19, 2020 @ 7:19 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us60007k6u. Unique identifier: us60007k6u. The epicenter was at a depth of 55.36 km (34 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 24.3593° East, 34.4398° North, depth 55.36 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moíres (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 78 km SSW of Tympakion, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 24.3593° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.4398° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78km 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 2020-01-19 07:19:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-15 12:44:29 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 284 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 0.952 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 208 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 us60007k6u Id of event.
Event Code 60007k6u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007k6u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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