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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Siatista in Greece


Earthquake location 40.2673S, 21.551WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (mg/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Siatista in Greece. The temblor was reported at 20:53:05 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 16.71 km (10 miles). Global time of event 26/05/15 / 2015-05-26 17:53:05 / May 26, 2015 @ 5:53 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 21.551 East, latitude 40.2673 North, depth 16.71 km, unique identifier, us10002c94. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us10002c94,.

Close countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Bitola (c. 86 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kateríni (c. 53 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Tríkala (c. 49 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Véroia (c. 44 500 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Giannitsá, Anatolí.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 21.551° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.2673° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 0km NE of Siatista, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-26 17:53:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-26 18:51:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 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 298 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 1.674 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us10002c94 Id of event.
Event Code 10002c94 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002c94, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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