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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Lithakiá in Greece

Posted by admin on June 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.2931S, 20.5605WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Lithakiá in Greece on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.541 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/06/24 / 2024-06-17 06:17:56 / June 17, 2024 @ 6:17 am. Event id: us7000msy0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000msy0. Exact location of event, longitude 20.5605 East, latitude 37.2931 North, depth = 36.541 km. The temblor was detected at 06:17:56 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amaliáda, Pýrgos, Gastoúni. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.5605° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2931° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.541 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km SSW of Lithakiá, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-17 06:17:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-17 07:11:02 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 246 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.095 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 us7000msy0 Id of event.
Event Code 7000msy0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000msy0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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