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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Varda in Greece


Earthquake location 37.963S, 21.4163WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Varda in Greece on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.53 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 21.4163° East, 37.963° North, depth 30.53 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:04:01 / 6:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/17 / 2017-12-10 16:04:01 / December 10, 2017 @ 4:04 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c4zc. Id of event: us2000c4zc.

Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Náfpaktos (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Filiatrá, Megalópoli, Argostólion. Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 8 km SSE of Varda, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 21.4163° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.963° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km SSE of Varda, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-10 16:04:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-20 21:09:21 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 1.279 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us2000c4zc Id of event.
Event Code 2000c4zc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000c4zc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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