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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Néon Karlovásion in Greece


Earthquake location 37.8212S, 26.7794WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Néon Karlovásion in Greece on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 26.7794° East, 37.8212° North, depth 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:28:22 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dcp1. Id of event: us6000dcp1. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/01/21 / 2021-01-20 23:28:22 / January 20, 2021 @ 11:28 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from İzmir (c. 2 500 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Karabağlar (c. 458 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Söke (c. 68 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Kuşadası (c. 63 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Menemen (c. 53 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Torbalı (c. 50 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Menemen, Tire, Bayındır. Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km ENE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.7794° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.8212° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km ENE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-20 23:28:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-31 05:55:32 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 1.252 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us6000dcp1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000dcp1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dcp1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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