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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Methóni in Greece


Earthquake location 36.7193S, 21.658WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Methóni in Greece. Exact location, longitude 21.658° East, latitude 36.7193° North, depth = 48.185 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.185 km (30 miles). Event id: us6000n0yk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0yk. The temblor was reported at 14:31:02 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 14:31:02 / May 25, 2024 @ 2:31 pm.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Kalamáta (c. 51 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Spárti (c. 16 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Messíni (c. 6 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Gargaliánoi (c. 6 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Zacháro (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Megalópoli, Zacháro, Spárti (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km SSW of Methóni, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 21.658° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.7193° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.185 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km SSW of Methóni, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-25 14:31:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-25 14:48:58 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.506 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us6000n0yk Id of event.
Event Code 6000n0yk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n0yk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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