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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 78 km S of Ierápetra, Greece


Earthquake location 34.3115S, 25.8537WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Ierápetra in Greece. Event id: us6000b6t4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b6t4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.18 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 25.8537 East, latitude 34.3115 North, depth = 10.18 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/07/20 / 2020-07-26 15:59:21 / July 26, 2020 @ 3:59 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:59:21 / 3:59 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ierápetra (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 78 km S of Ierápetra, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.8537° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.3115° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78 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 2020-07-26 15:59:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-02 15:21:29 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 259 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 1.256 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 us6000b6t4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000b6t4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b6t4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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