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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Polykastron in Greece

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Polykastron in Greece on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 01:22:48 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 22.7003° East, 41.0252° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/11/16 / 2016-11-18 23:22:48 / November 18, 2016 @ 11:22 pm. Event id: us10007aai. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007aai.

Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Thessaloníki (c. 354 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Kalamariá (c. 91 600 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Prilep (c. 73 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Sérres (c. 58 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Kateríni (c. 53 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Shtip (c. 48 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Strumica (c. 45 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Prilep, Kochani, Simitli (min 5000 pop).

Each 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km ENE of Polykastron, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	22.7003° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.0252° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km ENE of Polykastron, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-11-18 23:22:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-11-19 00:04:08	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	120	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	25	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.6	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	381	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	1.027	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.83 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	34	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	us10007aai	Id of event.
Event Code	10007aai	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10007aai,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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