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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Thívai in Greece


Earthquake location 38.2858S, 23.2711WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Thívai in Greece. The temblor was reported at 06:18:46 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nx0u. Unique identifier: us6000nx0u. Exact location of earthquake, 23.2711° East, 38.2858° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/10/24 / 2024-10-07 06:18:46 / October 7, 2024 @ 6:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lamía, Skiáthos, Lávrio (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Athens (c. 664 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Piraeus (c. 163 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Peristéri (c. 140 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kallithéa (c. 100 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Acharnés (c. 99 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Níkaia (c. 89 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Glyfáda (c. 87 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 6 km SW of Thívai, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 23.2711° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.2858° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km SW of Thívai, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-07 06:18:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-07 07:36:15 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 340 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 144 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.037 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 38 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nx0u Id of event.
Event Code 6000nx0u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nx0u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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