Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Lixoúri in Greece

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Lixoúri in Greece on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.11 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 20.3011 East, latitude 38.1007 North, depth = 36.11 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mxqe. Id of event: us6000mxqe. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 12:56:16 / May 10, 2024 @ 12:56 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:56:16 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lefkáda, Gastoúni, Zákynthos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Lefkáda (c. 8 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop).

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 two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 16 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	20.3011° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.1007° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	36.11 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-10 12:56:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-17 15:45:48	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	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.584	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.98 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	138	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	us6000mxqe	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mxqe	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mxqe,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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