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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 10 km W of Galaxídhion, Greece

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Galaxídhion in Greece on Saturday. Unique identifier: us6000nybg. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nybg. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/10/24 / 2024-10-12 19:10:28 / October 12, 2024 @ 7:10 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:10:28 / 7:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 22.2574 East, latitude 38.3647 North, depth = 10 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Thívai, Árgos, Áyios Konstandínos (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kórinthos (c. 30 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Árgos (c. 22 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Thívai (c. 22 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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 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: 10 km W of Galaxídhion, Greece.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	22.2574° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.3647° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km W of Galaxídhion, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-12 19:10:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-12 22:29:20	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	48	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.658	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	88	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	us6000nybg	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nybg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nybg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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