Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Polichnítos in Greece

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Polichnítos in Greece on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 04:57:55 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 04:57:55 / May 15, 2024 @ 4:57 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000myp3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000myp3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 26.0452 East, latitude 39.0325 North, depth = 10 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ezine, Altınoluk, Aliağa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Aliağa (c. 44 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ayvalık (c. 35 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mytilíni (c. 28 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Chíos (c. 24 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Çeşme (c. 21 300 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Ezine (c. 15 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 12 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	26.0452° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.0325° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km WSW of Polichnítos, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-15 04:57:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-16 03:47:57	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	271	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	58	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.671	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.61 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	mwr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000myp3	Id of event.
Event Code	6000myp3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000myp3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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