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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Kéfalos in Greece


Earthquake location 36.5926S, 26.8999WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Kéfalos in Greece. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:29:55 / 9:29 pm (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 06/01/21 / 2021-01-06 21:29:55 / January 6, 2021 @ 9:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 139.7 km (87 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000d6a5. Event ids that are associated: us6000d6a5. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 26.8999 East, latitude 36.5926 North, depth = 139.7 km.

Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kos (c. 19 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Turgutreis (c. 16 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Datça (c. 10 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Kálymnos (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Datça, Bodrum, Turgutreis.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 17 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.8999° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5926° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 139.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km SSW of Kéfalos, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-06 21:29:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-17 02:01:21 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 246 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 1.055 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us6000d6a5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000d6a5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d6a5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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