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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Vília in Greece

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Vília in Greece. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/02/21 / 2021-02-18 03:04:33 / February 18, 2021 @ 3:04 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:04:33 / 3:04 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000dijk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dijk. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 23.4338 East, latitude 38.184 North, depth = 10 km.

Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Athens (c. 664 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Piraeus (c. 163 700 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Peristéri (c. 140 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Kallithéa (c. 100 600 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Acharnés (c. 99 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Níkaia (c. 89 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kárystos, Náfplio, Árgos (min 5000 pop).

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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 8 km ENE of Vília, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	23.4338° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.184° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 km ENE of Vília, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-02-18 03:04:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-18 03:30:38	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	286	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	1.199	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.66 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	66	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	us6000dijk	Id of event.
Event Code	6000dijk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000dijk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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