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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Ierápetra in Greece


Earthquake location 34.2844S, 25.9536WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Ierápetra in Greece. Event id: us7000ddxf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ddxf. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/21 / 2021-02-26 15:46:45 / February 26, 2021 @ 3:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 25.9536 East, latitude 34.2844 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 15:46:45 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter). 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).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ierápetra (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop).

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 one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.9536° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.2844° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-26 15:46:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-26 17:05:41 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 271 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 1.33 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 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 us7000ddxf Id of event.
Event Code 7000ddxf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ddxf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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