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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag has occurred near Ierapetra in Greece


Earthquake location 34.2018S, 25.526WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Ierapetra in Greece on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us70009k7k. Unique identifier: us70009k7k. The temblor was detected at 01:22:35 / 1:22 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 18/05/20 / 2020-05-18 23:22:35 / May 18, 2020 @ 11:22 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 25.526 East, latitude 34.2018 North, depth = 10 km.

Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 112 km (69 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moíres, Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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: 91 km SSW of Ierapetra, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.526° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.2018° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91km SSW 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 2020-05-18 23:22:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-18 23:42:31 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 3.841 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 518 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 1.203 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 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 us70009k7k Id of event.
Event Code 70009k7k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70009k7k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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