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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Mýrina in Greece


Earthquake location 40.2095S, 25.1795WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Mýrina in Greece on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 25.1795 East, latitude 40.2095 North, depth = 5.516 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:50:40 / 7:50 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000n8hm. Event ids that are associated: us6000n8hm. Global time and date of event 26/06/24 / 2024-06-26 19:50:40 / June 26, 2024 @ 7:50 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.516 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Karyes, Gökçeada, Mýrina (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (38 miles) from Gökçeada (c. 7 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mýrina (c. 5 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Karyes (c. 200 pop).

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. 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 was reported nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km NNE of Mýrina, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.1795° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.2095° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.516 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km NNE of Mýrina, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-26 19:50:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-26 20:13:56 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 259 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 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.973 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 49 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 us6000n8hm Id of event.
Event Code 6000n8hm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n8hm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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