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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Chalandrítsa in Greece


Earthquake location 38.0697S, 21.9179WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Chalandrítsa in Greece on Friday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:26:43 / 7:26 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/24 / 2024-07-12 19:26:43 / July 12, 2024 @ 7:26 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000myy5. Unique identifier: us7000myy5. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.342 km (8 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 21.9179 East, latitude 38.0697 North, depth = 12.342 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Livadeiá, Kórinthos, Árgos. The epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kórinthos (c. 30 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Trípoli (c. 26 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Árgos (c. 22 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 12 km ESE of Chalandrítsa, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 21.9179° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.0697° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.342 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km ESE 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 2024-07-12 19:26:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-12 22:14:08 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 79 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.889 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 44 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 us7000myy5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000myy5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000myy5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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