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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Markopoulon Oropou in Greece

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Markopoulon Oropou in Greece. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.95 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 23.796° East, latitude 38.2276° North, depth = 19.95 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/05/18 / 2018-05-01 20:50:49 / May 1, 2018 @ 8:50 pm. Unique identifier: us1000dvkc. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dvkc. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:50:49 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 28 km (18 miles) from Athens (c. 664 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Piraeus (c. 163 700 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Peristéri (c. 140 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Kallithéa (c. 100 600 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Acharnés (c. 99 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Níkaia (c. 89 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Livadeiá, Kórinthos, Orchomenós.

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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 6 km SSW of Markopoulon Oropou, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	23.796° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.2276° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	19.95 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km SSW of Markopoulon Oropou, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-05-01 20:50:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-05-01 22:19:37	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	120	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	11	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	276	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	1.391	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	45	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	us1000dvkc	Id of event.
Event Code	1000dvkc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000dvkc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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