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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Karpathos in Greece


Earthquake location 35.6516S, 27.5603WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Karpathos in Greece on Thursday. Global time and date of event 22/08/24 / 2024-08-22 00:19:24 / August 22, 2024 @ 12:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 27.5603° East, 35.6516° North, depth 13.952 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.952 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000n8kt. Event ids that are associated: us7000n8kt. The temblor was detected at 00:19:24 / 12:19 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Afántou (c. 5 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Archángelos (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Afántou, Archángelos.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 27.5603° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6516° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.952 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km ENE of Karpathos, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-22 00:19:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-19 02:32:59 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 284 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.722 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us7000n8kt Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8kt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8kt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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