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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 62 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece

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Earthquake location 37.212S, 20.5243WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Lithakia in Greece. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 06:02:14 / October 26, 2018 @ 6:02 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.5243 East, latitude 37.212 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:02:14 / 7:02 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000i5b7. Unique identifier: us2000i5b7.

Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gargaliánoi, Amaliáda, Pýrgos (min 5000 pop).

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

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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 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: 62 km SSW of Lithakia, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.5243° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.212° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62km SSW 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 2018-10-26 06:02:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-14 12:42:48 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 354 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 2.561 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us2000i5b7 Id of event.
Event Code 2000i5b7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000i5b7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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