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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Korini in Greece

Posted by admin on December 31, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.234S, 22.8756WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Korini in Greece. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 22.8756° East, 38.234° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000byf4. Id of event: us1000byf4. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/12/17 / 2017-12-31 04:02:19 / December 31, 2017 @ 4:02 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:02:19 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Athens (c. 664 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Piraeus (c. 163 700 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Peristéri (c. 140 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kallithéa (c. 100 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Acharnés (c. 99 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Níkaia (c. 89 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Artémida, Alivéri, Paralía (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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 9 km W of Korini, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 22.8756° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.234° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km W of Korini, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-31 04:02:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-31 04:20:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 12 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 389 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 2.794 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us1000byf4 Id of event.
Event Code 1000byf4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000byf4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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