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Strong earthquake: M6.6 quake has struck near Ierapetra in Greece

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A earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Ierapetra in Greece on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 25.7124° East, 34.2045° North, depth 16.99 km. Id of earthquake: us700098qd. Event ids that are associated: us700098qd. Global time and date of event 02/05/20 / 2020-05-02 12:51:06 / May 2, 2020 @ 12:51 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 6.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:51:06 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.99 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Irákleion, Goúvai, Moíres. Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 135 km (84 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop), 128 km (80 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 pop), 121 km (75 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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. 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: 89 km S of Ierapetra, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	25.7124° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.2045° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.99 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	89km S of Ierapetra, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-05-02 12:51:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-02 13:10:51	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		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	670	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	1.275	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.96 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	21	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	us700098qd	Id of event.
Event Code	700098qd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us700098qd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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