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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake strikes near Ierapetra in Greece


Earthquake location 34.3274S, 25.7165WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (mg/mb) was reported Saturday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Ierapetra in Greece. The temblor was reported at 10:23:44 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 13.88 km (9 miles). Global time of event 02/05/15 / 2015-05-02 08:23:44 / May 2, 2015 @ 8:23 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 25.7165 East, latitude 34.3274 North, depth 13.88 km, unique identifier, us20002au8.

Close countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Siteía, Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.7165° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.3274° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.88 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75km S of Ierapetra, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-02 08:23:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-02 08:43:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 385 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 1.175 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us20002au8 Id of event.
Event Code 20002au8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002au8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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