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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Fry in Greece


Earthquake location 34.8706S, 26.9124WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Fry in Greece on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 26.9124 East, latitude 34.8706 North, depth = 60.3 km. Global time and date of event 01/06/20 / 2020-06-01 14:25:34 / June 1, 2020 @ 2:25 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:25:34 / 2:25 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a8e7. Unique identifier: us6000a8e7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.3 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Siteía. Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km S of Fry, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.9124° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.8706° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 km S of Fry, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-01 14:25:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-09 14:24:29 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 271 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 0.705 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 220 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 us6000a8e7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a8e7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a8e7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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