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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Makry Gialos in Greece


Earthquake location 34.2044S, 26.1117WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Makry Gialos in Greece on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 26.1117° East, 34.2044° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/18 / 2018-12-07 06:25:31 / December 7, 2018 @ 6:25 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:25:31 / 8:25 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000i3zj. Unique identifier: us1000i3zj.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ierápetra (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km S of Makry Gialos, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.1117° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.2044° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93km S of Makry Gialos, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-07 06:25:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-12 07:57:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 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 326 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 1.593 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 us1000i3zj Id of event.
Event Code 1000i3zj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000i3zj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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