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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Kamárai in Greece

Posted by admin on February 17, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.4489S, 22.0086WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Kamárai in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:36:07 / 3:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 22.0086° East, 38.4489° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/02/21 / 2021-02-17 03:36:07 / February 17, 2021 @ 3:36 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000diae. Id of event: us6000diae.

Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Kardítsa (c. 32 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Kórinthos (c. 30 200 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Árgos (c. 22 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zacháro, Árgos, Trípoli (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km N of Kamárai, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 22.0086° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.4489° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km N of Kamárai, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-17 03:36:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-17 03:56:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.399 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 466 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 0.626 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us6000diae Id of event.
Event Code 6000diae An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000diae, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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