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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Pappadátes in Greece


Earthquake location 39.3773S, 20.9369WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Pappadátes in Greece. Exact location of event, longitude 20.9369 East, latitude 39.3773 North, depth = 17.049 km. Global time and date of event 12/07/24 / 2024-07-12 06:48:27 / July 12, 2024 @ 6:48 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000mysk. Event ids that are associated: us7000mysk. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.049 km (11 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:48:27 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 33 km (20 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tríkala (c. 49 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kardítsa (c. 32 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Áyios Konstandínos, Kérkyra, Karpenísi (min 5000 pop).

Each 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 14 km ENE of Pappadátes, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.9369° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.3773° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.049 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km ENE of Pappadátes, 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 06:48:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-12 07:50:51 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.144 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us7000mysk Id of event.
Event Code 7000mysk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mysk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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