Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Kastrí in Greece

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Kastrí in Greece. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:22:54 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nszh. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nszh. Exact location of earthquake, 24.1273° East, 34.7636° North, depth 47.784 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.784 km (30 miles). Global time and date of event 19/09/24 / 2024-09-19 03:22:54 / September 19, 2024 @ 3:22 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mourniés (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chaniá, Soúda, Mourniés (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 two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 8 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	24.1273° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.7636° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	47.784 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-19 03:22:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-19 03:42:31	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	298	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	52	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.816	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.03 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	128	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	us6000nszh	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nszh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nszh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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