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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Ano Kastritsion in Greece


Earthquake location 38.2948S, 21.8934WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ano Kastritsion in Greece. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/11/19 / 2019-11-26 04:49:32 / November 26, 2019 @ 4:49 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 21.8934° East, 38.2948° North, depth 35 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:49:32 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70006d26. Event ids that are associated: us70006d26.

Earthquake epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Livadeiá (c. 21 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trípoli, Orchomenós, Zacháro (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 6 km ENE of Ano Kastritsion, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 21.8934° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.2948° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km ENE of Ano Kastritsion, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-26 04:49:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-26 05:35:07 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 1.114 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 us70006d26 Id of event.
Event Code 70006d26 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006d26, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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