Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Selianitika in Greece

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Selianitika in Greece. The temblor was detected at 15:46:39 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us60008cfp. Ids that are associated to the event: us60008cfp. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 21.9896 East, latitude 38.2553 North, depth = 18.13 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/03/20 / 2020-03-09 13:46:39 / March 9, 2020 @ 1:46 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.13 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Loutráki, Kórinthos, Zacháro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 22 km (14 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kórinthos (c. 30 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SW of Selianitika, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	21.9896° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.2553° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	18.13 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4km SW of Selianitika, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-03-09 13:46:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-03-15 18:51:21	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	298	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	1.075	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	56	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	us60008cfp	Id of event.
Event Code	60008cfp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60008cfp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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