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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Karyes in Greece

Posted by admin on September 22, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.3245S, 24.2372WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Karyes in Greece on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 24.2372° East, 40.3245° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 09:50:25 / September 22, 2024 @ 9:50 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000ntn7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ntn7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:50:25 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Kavála (c. 54 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Dráma (c. 44 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Polýgyros (c. 10 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Néa Moudhaniá (c. 9 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Chrysoúpolis (c. 8 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Néa Kallikráteia (c. 7 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Mýrina (c. 5 400 pop). Close 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 Néa Kallikráteia, Dráma, Mýrina.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km N of Karyes, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 24.2372° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.3245° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 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 09:50:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-22 10:23:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 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 357 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 99 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.349 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 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 us6000ntn7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ntn7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ntn7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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