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Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Verdikoússa in Greece

Posted by admin on March 12, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.855S, 22.0304WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Verdikoússa in Greece on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 12:57:51 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000dimf. Id of event: us7000dimf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 22.0304° East, 39.855° North, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/03/21 / 2021-03-12 12:57:51 / March 12, 2021 @ 12:57 pm.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Lárisa (c. 128 800 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Kalamariá (c. 91 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Vólos (c. 84 400 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kateríni (c. 53 300 pop), 112 km (69 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tríkala (c. 49 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Véroia (c. 44 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Thérmi, Koufália, Kalamariá.

Every 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 twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty-eight 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. 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: 9 km NNE of Verdikoússa, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 22.0304° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.855° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km NNE of Verdikoússa, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-03-12 12:57:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-12 13:14:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 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 483 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 0.431 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 19 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 us7000dimf Id of event.
Event Code 7000dimf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000dimf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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