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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Itháki in Greece


Earthquake location 38.5183S, 20.4671WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Itháki in Greece. Unique identifier: us6000nzfy. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzfy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:37:07 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/10/24 / 2024-10-18 00:37:07 / October 18, 2024 @ 12:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 50 km, 20.4671° East, 38.5183° North.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Árta (c. 19 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Préveza (c. 17 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mesolóngi (c. 12 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 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 Zákynthos, Mesolóngi, Árta.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km NW of Itháki, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.4671° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.5183° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km NW of Itháki, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-18 00:37:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-20 22:52:56 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 298 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 74 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.545 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us6000nzfy Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzfy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzfy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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