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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Lárdos in Greece


Earthquake location 35.687S, 28.5293WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Lárdos in Greece. Exact location of event, depth 52.355 km, 28.5293° East, 35.687° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mt19. Unique identifier: us6000mt19. The epicenter was at a depth of 52.355 km (33 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:26:29 / 7:26 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 19:26:29 / April 22, 2024 @ 7:26 pm.

Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ródos, Triánta, Faliraki. Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Triánta (c. 11 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Faliraki (c. 6 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Afántou (c. 5 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Archángelos (c. 5 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 64 km SE of Lárdos, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.5293° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.687° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.355 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 km SE of Lárdos, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-22 19:26:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-06 16:04:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 299 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.621 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us6000mt19 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mt19 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mt19, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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