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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Oxilithos in Greece

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Oxilithos in Greece. The temblor was detected at 22:00:20 / 10:00 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10005j0l. Event ids that are associated: us10005j0l. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 24.464 East, latitude 38.6344 North, depth = 14.54 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.54 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/16 / 2016-05-20 20:00:20 / May 20, 2016 @ 8:00 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Acharnés (c. 99 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Khalándrion (c. 74 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Maroúsi (c. 72 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Néa Ionía (c. 67 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Agía Paraskeví (c. 59 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Galátsi (c. 59 300 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Néa Chalkidóna, Papágou, Galátsi (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km E of Oxilithos, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	24.464° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.6344° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.54 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	30km E of Oxilithos, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-05-20 20:00:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-05-20 21:54:49	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	284	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	1.706	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	51	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	us10005j0l	Id of event.
Event Code	10005j0l	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10005j0l,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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