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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 33 km SSW of Mouzaki, Greece


Earthquake location 37.4787S, 20.603WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Mouzaki in Greece. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 00:01:56 / October 26, 2018 @ 12:01 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:01:56 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000i5ag. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i5ag. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 20.603° East, 37.4787° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zacháro, Argostólion, Pýrgos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Zacháro (c. 5 900 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-four, in the last 10 days eighty-six, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km SSW of Mouzaki, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.603° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.4787° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km SSW of Mouzaki, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-26 00:01:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-03 21:49:20 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 284 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 2.318 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 us2000i5ag Id of event.
Event Code 2000i5ag An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000i5ag, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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