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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Emporeío in Greece


Earthquake location 36.1068S, 25.4739WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Emporeío in Greece. Id of earthquake: us6000djgw. Event ids that are associated: us6000djgw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:46:51 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/02/21 / 2021-02-15 19:46:51 / February 15, 2021 @ 7:46 pm. Exact location of event, depth 112.07 km, 25.4739° East, 36.1068° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 112.07 km (70 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Irákleion, Néa Alikarnassós, Goúvai (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km S of Emporeío, 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 25.4739° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.1068° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 112.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km S of Emporeío, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-15 19:46:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-26 00:28:37 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 0.945 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 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 us6000djgw Id of event.
Event Code 6000djgw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000djgw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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