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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Lithakiá in Greece


Earthquake location 37.2791S, 20.4836WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Lithakiá in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000a92u. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a92u. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/06/20 / 2020-06-10 03:24:24 / June 10, 2020 @ 3:24 am. Exact location, longitude 20.4836° East, latitude 37.2791° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:24:24 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gastoúni, Zákynthos. Nearby 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.4836° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2791° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-10 03:24:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-10 03:35:21 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 1.155 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 148 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 us6000a92u Id of event.
Event Code 6000a92u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a92u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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