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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Adámas in Greece


Earthquake location 36.2902S, 23.8598WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Adámas in Greece on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 46.57 km, 23.8598° East, 36.2902° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 46.57 km (29 miles). Unique identifier: us7000mzcv. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzcv. Global time and date of event 15/07/24 / 2024-07-15 15:23:19 / July 15, 2024 @ 3:23 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:23:19 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Soúda, Mourniés, Chaniá. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

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 occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 71 km SW of Adámas, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 23.8598° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.2902° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 km SW of Adámas, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-15 15:23:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-28 19:55:30 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 76 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.304 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us7000mzcv Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzcv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzcv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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