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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Néa Anatolí in Greece


Earthquake location 34.2122S, 25.6147WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Néa Anatolí in Greece on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bd46. Id of event: us7000bd46. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/08/20 / 2020-08-19 12:20:18 / August 19, 2020 @ 12:20 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 25.6147° East, 34.2122° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 12:20:18 / 12:20 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ierápetra (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 88 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.6147° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.2122° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-19 12:20:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-17 04:57:59 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 284 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 1.228 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 174 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 us7000bd46 Id of event.
Event Code 7000bd46 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bd46, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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