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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Lithakia in Greece


Earthquake location 37.2685S, 20.4159WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/10/18 / 2018-10-30 14:33:14 / October 30, 2018 @ 2:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 20.4159 East, latitude 37.2685 North, depth = 9.59 km. Unique identifier: us1000hj0x. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hj0x. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.59 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:33:14 / 3:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gastoúni, Zákynthos. Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days seventy-nine 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km SW of Lithakia, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.4159° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2685° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km SW of Lithakia, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-30 14:33:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-30 16:08:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 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 340 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 2.313 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 154 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 us1000hj0x Id of event.
Event Code 1000hj0x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hj0x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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