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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, southern Greece


Earthquake location 36.8321S, 22.9868WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes southern Greece kilometers (0 miles) from southern Greece on Friday. The temblor was reported at 23:42:44 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/17 / 2017-06-16 23:42:44 / June 16, 2017 @ 11:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20009n7d. Event ids that are associated: us20009n7d. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.08 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 68.08 km, 22.9868° East, 36.8321° North.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Árgos (c. 22 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Spárti (c. 16 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Náfplio (c. 14 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Messíni (c. 6 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trípoli, Árgos, Messíni (min 5000 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 five 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 earthquakes 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. 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: southern Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 22.9868° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.8321° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.08 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place southern Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-06-16 23:42:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-17 00:16:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 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 0.917 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 90 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20009n7d Id of event.
Event Code 20009n7d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009n7d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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