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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Preveza in Greece


Earthquake location 38.949S, 20.5913WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Preveza in Greece. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 01:25:04 / January 15, 2019 @ 1:25 am. The temblor was reported at 03:25:04 / 3:25 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.25 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 20.5913° East, latitude 38.949° North, depth = 6.25 km. Unique identifier: us2000j3z9. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j3z9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Igoumenítsa (c. 9 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kérkyra, Argostólion, Ioánnina. Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 13 km W of Preveza, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.5913° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.949° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km W of Preveza, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-15 01:25:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-15 02:36:06 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 312 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 0.98 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us2000j3z9 Id of event.
Event Code 2000j3z9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j3z9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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