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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 50 km NNW of Kato Pyrgos, Cyprus


Earthquake location 35.571S, 32.3884WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kato Pyrgos in Cyprus. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/17 / 2017-01-13 21:43:32 / January 13, 2017 @ 9:43 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.18 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10007t6n. Event ids that are associated: us10007t6n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:43:32 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 76.18 km, 32.3884° East, 35.571° North.

Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Anamur (c. 57 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Paphos (c. 36 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bozyazı (c. 28 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kyrenia (c. 26 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Gazipaşa (c. 18 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mórfou (c. 14 800 pop). Close country/countries, Cyprus (c. 1 103 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paphos, Kyrenia, Bozyazı.

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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km NNW of Kato Pyrgos, Cyprus. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 32.3884° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.571° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 76.18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50km NNW of Kato Pyrgos, Cyprus Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-13 21:43:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-13 22:45:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 0.982 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us10007t6n Id of event.
Event Code 10007t6n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007t6n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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