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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 6 km NNW of Rion, Greece


Earthquake location 38.3485S, 21.7456WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Rion in Greece on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 21.7456° East, 38.3485° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/17 / 2017-01-09 09:53:17 / January 9, 2017 @ 9:53 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:53:17 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10007s3k. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007s3k.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Livadeiá, Zákynthos, Zacháro (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Livadeiá (c. 21 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km NNW of Rion, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 21.7456° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.3485° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km NNW of Rion, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-09 09:53:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-09 10:39:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.7 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 370 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 1.176 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us10007s3k Id of event.
Event Code 10007s3k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007s3k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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