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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Karyes in Greece

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Karyes in Greece. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:54:25 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/08/24 / 2024-08-24 19:54:25 / August 24, 2024 @ 7:54 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000n984. Event ids that are associated: us7000n984. Exact location, longitude 24.1341° East, latitude 40.2855° North, depth = 14.446 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.446 km (9 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Kavála (c. 54 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Polýgyros (c. 10 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Néa Moudhaniá (c. 9 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Chrysoúpolis (c. 8 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Néa Kallikráteia (c. 7 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Mýrina (c. 5 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mýrina, Chrysoúpolis, Néa Kallikráteia (min 5000 pop).

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 three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 9 km WNW of Karyes, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	24.1341° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.2855° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.446 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km WNW of Karyes, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-24 19:54:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-24 20:25:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	285	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	43	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.273	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.75 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	36	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	us7000n984	Id of event.
Event Code	7000n984	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000n984,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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