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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Chalandrítsa in Greece


Earthquake location 38.0823S, 21.8011WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Chalandrítsa in Greece on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 21.8011 East, latitude 38.0823 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:08:24 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/06/24 / 2024-06-11 19:08:24 / June 11, 2024 @ 7:08 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000mrst. Event ids that are associated: us7000mrst.

Earthquake epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kyparissía, Karpenísi, Zákynthos. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km SSE of Chalandrítsa, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 21.8011° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.0823° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km SSE of Chalandrítsa, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-11 19:08:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-12 13:52:09 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 284 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 0.907 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us7000mrst Id of event.
Event Code 7000mrst An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mrst, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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