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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 8 km S of Ayia Galini, Greece


Earthquake location 35.0214S, 24.668WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Ayia Galini in Greece on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.44 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/05/20 / 2020-05-01 18:03:13 / May 1, 2020 @ 6:03 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us700098be. Unique identifier: us700098be. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:03:13 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 24.668° East, 35.0214° North, depth 43.44 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chaniá, Mourniés, Soúda (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four 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 earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 8 km S of Ayia Galini, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 24.668° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.0214° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km S of Ayia Galini, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-01 18:03:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-01 18:57:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 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 0.322 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 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 us700098be Id of event.
Event Code 700098be An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700098be, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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