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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Istiaía in Greece

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Istiaía in Greece on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 19:53:43 / August 26, 2024 @ 7:53 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 23.3621° East, 38.9682° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:53:43 / 7:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nmxi. Event ids that are associated: us6000nmxi.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Vólos (c. 84 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Chalkída (c. 54 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Néa Ionía (c. 32 700 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Thívai (c. 22 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Livadeiá (c. 21 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Fársala (c. 10 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fársala, Avlónas, Alivéri (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 18 km E of Istiaía, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	23.3621° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.9682° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18 km E of Istiaía, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-26 19:53:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-26 20:14:32	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	7	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	314	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	46	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.801	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.13 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	51	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	us6000nmxi	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nmxi	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nmxi,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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