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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Moíres in Greece


Earthquake location 34.7476S, 24.9217WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Moíres in Greece. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 24.9217° East, 34.7476° North. Id of earthquake: us6000nikt. Event ids that are associated: us6000nikt. Global time and date of event 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 08:23:52 / August 7, 2024 @ 8:23 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 08:23:52 / 8:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ágios Nikólaos, Ierápetra, Rethymno (min 5000 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 33 km S of Moíres, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 24.9217° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.7476° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km S of Moíres, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-07 08:23:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-07 09:18:35 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 369 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 95 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.54 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us6000nikt Id of event.
Event Code 6000nikt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nikt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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