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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Kárystos in Greece


Earthquake location 37.7037S, 24.4654WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Kárystos in Greece on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/06/24 / 2024-06-02 08:53:44 / June 2, 2024 @ 8:53 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mplm. Unique identifier: us7000mplm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.189 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 24.4654 East, latitude 37.7037 North, depth = 11.189 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:53:44 / 8:53 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mándra, Páros, Aegina (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Athens (c. 664 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Piraeus (c. 163 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Peristéri (c. 140 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kallithéa (c. 100 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Acharnés (c. 99 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Níkaia (c. 89 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 34 km S of Kárystos, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 24.4654° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.7037° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.189 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km S of Kárystos, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-02 08:53:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-02 11:40:24 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 298 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.088 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us7000mplm Id of event.
Event Code 7000mplm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mplm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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