Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Polichnítos in Greece

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Polichnítos in Greece on Monday. The temblor was detected at 05:47:52 / 5:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/02/21 / 2021-02-01 05:47:52 / February 1, 2021 @ 5:47 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 25.9761 East, latitude 38.8807 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000dfvn. Event ids that are associated: us6000dfvn.

Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Menemen, Urla, Ayvacık (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 100 km (62 miles) from Menemen (c. 53 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Urla (c. 45 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Aliağa (c. 44 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ayvalık (c. 35 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Mytilíni (c. 28 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Chíos (c. 24 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Çeşme (c. 21 300 pop).

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 nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 28 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	25.9761° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.8807° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	28 km SW of Polichnítos, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-02-01 05:47:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-27 11:30:38	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		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	354	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	0.748	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.57 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	95	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	us6000dfvn	Id of event.
Event Code	6000dfvn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000dfvn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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