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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 struck on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Karyes in Greece. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 24.248 East, latitude 40.3593 North, depth = 11.548 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.548 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:47:25 / 8:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 08:47:25 / September 22, 2024 @ 8:47 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ntmy. Unique identifier: us6000ntmy.

The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Kavála (c. 54 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Dráma (c. 44 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Polýgyros (c. 10 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Néa Moudhaniá (c. 9 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Chrysoúpolis (c. 8 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Mýrina (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dráma, Mýrina, Néa Moudhaniá (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 two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 11 km N of Karyes, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	24.248° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.3593° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.548 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km N 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	2024-09-22 08:47:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-22 09:35:28	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	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.346	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.87 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	78	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	us6000ntmy	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ntmy	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ntmy,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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