A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Sárti in Greece. Unique identifier: us6000njla. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000njla. Exact location, longitude 24.2032° East, latitude 40.056° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:25:00 / 1:25 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 12/08/24 / 2024-08-12 13:25:00 / August 12, 2024 @ 1:25 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Polýgyros (c. 10 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Néa Moudhaniá (c. 9 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Mýrina (c. 5 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Karyes (c. 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Néa Moudhaniá, Mýrina, Polýgyros (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 19 km ESE of Sárti, Greece.
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