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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Lithakiá in Greece


Earthquake location 37.3213S, 20.3207WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Lithakiá in Greece on Sunday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:34:17 / 12:34 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000csit. Event ids that are associated: us6000csit. Exact location of earthquake, 20.3207° East, 37.3213° North, depth 47.52 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/11/20 / 2020-11-22 00:34:17 / November 22, 2020 @ 12:34 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 47.52 km (30 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zákynthos. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 63 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.3207° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.3213° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km SW 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 2020-11-22 00:34:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-03 02:45:16 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 1.288 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 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 us6000csit Id of event.
Event Code 6000csit An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000csit, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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