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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Palaióchora in Greece


Earthquake location 34.8673S, 23.4903WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Palaióchora in Greece. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 23.4903 East, latitude 34.8673 North, depth = 46.867 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/07/24 / 2024-07-20 16:44:55 / July 20, 2024 @ 4:44 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000nhe3. Event ids that are associated: us6000nhe3. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.867 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:44:55 / 4:44 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soúda, Chaniá, Mourniés (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nine 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 23.4903° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.8673° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.867 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km SSW of Palaióchora, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-20 16:44:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-14 19:21:05 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 246 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 1.222 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197 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 us6000nhe3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nhe3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nhe3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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