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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Lidoríki in Greece


Earthquake location 38.4214S, 22.087WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Lidoríki in Greece. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:03:51 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000d2fm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d2fm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/01/21 / 2021-01-15 12:03:51 / January 15, 2021 @ 12:03 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 22.087 East, latitude 38.4214 North, depth = 10 km.

Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orchomenós, Kiáto, Livadeiá. Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Livadeiá (c. 21 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Náfpaktos (c. 13 400 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 15 km SW of Lidoríki, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 22.087° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.4214° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km SW of Lidoríki, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-15 12:03:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-07 13:28:45 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 259 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 0.629 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us7000d2fm Id of event.
Event Code 7000d2fm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d2fm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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