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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Pyrgos in Cyprus


Earthquake location 34.4609S, 33.4706WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Pyrgos in Cyprus on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hihb. Id of event: us1000hihb. Exact location, longitude 33.4706° East, latitude 34.4609° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:09:14 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/10/18 / 2018-10-29 12:09:14 / October 29, 2018 @ 12:09 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Cyprus (c. 1 103 000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Nicosia (c. 200 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Limassol (c. 154 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Larnaca (c. 72 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Famagusta (c. 42 500 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Paphos (c. 36 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Kyrenia (c. 26 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Protaras (c. 20 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paphos, Lápithos, Kyrenia (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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 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: 40 km SE of Pyrgos, Cyprus.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 33.4706° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.4609° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km SE of Pyrgos, Cyprus Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-29 12:09:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-29 12:27:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 370 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 0.512 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us1000hihb Id of event.
Event Code 1000hihb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hihb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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