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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Lidoríki in Greece


Earthquake location 38.4271S, 22.1905WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Lidoríki in Greece on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/01/21 / 2021-01-13 13:15:24 / January 13, 2021 @ 1:15 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:15:24 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d80k. Id of event: us6000d80k. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 22.1905 East, latitude 38.4271 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Kórinthos (c. 30 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Livadeiá (c. 21 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kórinthos, Loutráki, Áyios Konstandínos (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days thirty-two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 10 km S of Lidoríki, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 22.1905° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.4271° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km S of Lidoríki, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-13 13:15:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-20 08:14:42 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 0.603 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 45 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 us6000d80k Id of event.
Event Code 6000d80k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d80k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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