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Light earthquake 4 mag, 31 km NE of Palaikastron, Greece


Earthquake location 35.4249S, 26.4645WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Palaikastron in Greece on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.59 km (11 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:20:56 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000iwy9. Event ids that are associated: us2000iwy9. Global time and date of event 24/12/18 / 2018-12-24 02:20:56 / December 24, 2018 @ 2:20 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 17.59 km, 26.4645° East, 35.4249° North.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ierápetra, Ágios Nikólaos, Siteía (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km NE of Palaikastron, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.4645° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.4249° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km NE of Palaikastron, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-24 02:20:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-24 02:45:44 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 246 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 0.581 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 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 us2000iwy9 Id of event.
Event Code 2000iwy9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000iwy9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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