Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Rodopolis in Greece

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Rodopolis in Greece. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000bywx. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bywx. The temblor was reported at 06:24:17 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/18 / 2018-01-02 04:24:17 / January 2, 2018 @ 4:24 am. Exact location, longitude 22.8452° East, latitude 41.2695° North, depth = 6 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Bulgaria (c. 7 149 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kratovo, Veles, Sveti Nikole (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Thessaloníki (c. 354 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kalamariá (c. 91 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Blagoevgrad (c. 71 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Sérres (c. 58 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Veles (c. 57 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Shtip (c. 48 300 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Strumica (c. 45 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 12 km W of Rodopolis, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	22.8452° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.2695° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km W of Rodopolis, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-01-02 04:24:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-01-02 04:47:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	120	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	13	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	406	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	1.208	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	46	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	us1000bywx	Id of event.
Event Code	1000bywx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000bywx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

22.8452° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

41.2695° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

6 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

12km W of Rodopolis, Greece

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2018-01-02 04:24:17

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-01-02 04:47:34

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

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

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

406

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

1.208

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.86 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us1000bywx

Id of event.

Event Code

1000bywx

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us1000bywx,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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