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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Tsarítsani in Greece

Posted by admin on March 15, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.7909S, 22.1534WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Tsarítsani in Greece. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 22.1534 East, latitude 39.7909 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000djjb. Unique identifier: us7000djjb. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/03/21 / 2021-03-15 15:43:38 / March 15, 2021 @ 3:43 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:43:38 / 3:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Karpenísi, Peraía, Lamía. Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Lárisa (c. 128 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Vólos (c. 84 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kateríni (c. 53 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tríkala (c. 49 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Véroia (c. 44 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kozáni (c. 36 500 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-five 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 11 km SSW of Tsarítsani, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 22.1534° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.7909° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km SSW of Tsarítsani, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-03-15 15:43:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-15 16:18:57 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 369 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 0.405 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 us7000djjb Id of event.
Event Code 7000djjb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000djjb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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