Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Ierápetra in Greece

A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 109 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece (68 miles) on Tuesday. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:24:07 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000pvmx. Event ids that are associated: us6000pvmx. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/02/25 / 2025-02-18 09:24:07 / February 18, 2025 @ 9:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 26.2306° East, latitude 34.1116° North, depth = 39.245 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.245 km (24 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 109 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	26.2306° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.1116° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	39.245 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	109 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	2025-02-18 09:24:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-12 16:37:47	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	246	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	34	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.612	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.58 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	193	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	us6000pvmx	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pvmx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pvmx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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