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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Koroni in Greece


Earthquake location 36.5132S, 22.1476WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Koroni in Greece on Thursday. Event id: us2000j4vp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j4vp. Exact location, longitude 22.1476° East, latitude 36.5132° North, depth = 22.6 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:36:33 / 5:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 03:36:33 / January 17, 2019 @ 3:36 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.6 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kyparissía, Filiatrá, Gargaliánoi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Spárti (c. 16 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Messíni (c. 6 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Pýlos (c. 5 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kyparissía (c. 5 000 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, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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 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: 36 km SSE of Koroni, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 22.1476° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5132° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km SSE of Koroni, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-17 03:36:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-17 03:48:10 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 0.687 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000j4vp Id of event.
Event Code 2000j4vp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j4vp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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