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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Fry in Greece


Earthquake location 35.5609S, 26.4822WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Fry in Greece on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.04 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000d2be. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d2be. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 26.4822 East, latitude 35.5609 North, depth = 37.04 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:57:28 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/01/21 / 2021-01-22 06:57:28 / January 22, 2021 @ 6:57 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ierápetra, Ágios Nikólaos, Siteía (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fourty-eight 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 43 km WNW of Fry, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.4822° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.5609° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km WNW of Fry, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-22 06:57:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-22 07:12:04 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 298 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 0.553 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us7000d2be Id of event.
Event Code 7000d2be An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d2be, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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