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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Néa Anatolí in Greece


Earthquake location 34.2912S, 25.5175WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Néa Anatolí in Greece. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000aepr. Unique identifier: us6000aepr. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/06/20 / 2020-06-19 07:43:21 / June 19, 2020 @ 7:43 am UTC/GMT. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:43:21 / 7:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.5175° East, 34.2912° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moíres, Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.5175° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.2912° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 80 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-19 07:43:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-19 08:01:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 1.12 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 us6000aepr Id of event.
Event Code 6000aepr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000aepr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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