Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Ierapetra in Greece

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Ierapetra in Greece. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.97 km (9 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/05/20 / 2020-05-27 01:09:53 / May 27, 2020 @ 1:09 am. Event id: us60009zq8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009zq8. Exact location of earthquake, 25.6408° East, 34.1777° North, depth 13.97 km. The temblor was reported at 03:09:53 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ierápetra (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days eighty-two and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 92 km S of Ierapetra, 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	25.6408° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.1777° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	13.97 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	92km 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	2020-05-27 01:09:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-27 01:27:21	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	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	1.268	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.98 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	27	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	us60009zq8	Id of event.
Event Code	60009zq8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60009zq8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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