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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Moíres in Greece


Earthquake location 34.7572S, 24.8525WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Moíres in Greece. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.103 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:01:59 / 7:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 19:01:59 / August 7, 2024 @ 7:01 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10.103 km, 24.8525° East, 34.7572° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000nn9e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nn9e.

Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ierápetra, Rethymno, Goúvai. Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km S of Moíres, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 24.8525° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.7572° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.103 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 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 19:01:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-28 19:13:21 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 259 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.53 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 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 us6000nn9e Id of event.
Event Code 6000nn9e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nn9e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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