Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Kastrí in Greece

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Kastrí in Greece on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.986 km (29 miles). Event id: us7000ngdi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngdi. Exact location of earthquake, 24.2907° East, 34.9125° North, depth 45.986 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:47:47 / 4:47 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/08/24 / 2024-08-28 16:47:47 / August 28, 2024 @ 4:47 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Chaniá (c. 54 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Soúda (c. 6 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Irákleion, Gázi, Chaniá (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km ENE of Kastrí, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	24.2907° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.9125° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	45.986 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20 km ENE 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	2024-08-28 16:47:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-25 23:04:50	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	246	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.618	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	243	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	us7000ngdi	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ngdi	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ngdi,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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