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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 59 km S of Ierápetra, Greece


Earthquake location 34.473S, 25.7545WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Ierápetra in Greece on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 25.7545 East, latitude 34.473 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000a4w8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a4w8. The temblor was picked up at 05:22:27 / 5:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/06/20 / 2020-06-03 05:22:27 / June 3, 2020 @ 5:22 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Siteía, Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra. Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Close 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 59 km S of Ierápetra, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.7545° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.473° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 km S of Ierápetra, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-03 05:22:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-03 05:38:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 1.079 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 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 us6000a4w8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a4w8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a4w8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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