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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Néa Poteídaia in Greece

Posted by admin on November 3, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.1196S, 23.2924WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Néa Poteídaia in Greece on Sunday. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:03:52 / 5:03 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/11/24 / 2024-11-03 17:03:52 / November 3, 2024 @ 5:03 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 23.2924 East, latitude 40.1196 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000npqn. Unique identifier: us7000npqn.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Skiáthos, Giannitsá, Krýa Vrýsi. The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Thessaloníki (c. 354 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Lárisa (c. 128 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kalamariá (c. 91 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Vólos (c. 84 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kateríni (c. 53 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sykiés (c. 45 000 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Véroia (c. 44 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 8 km SSW of Néa Poteídaia, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 23.2924° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.1196° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km SSW of Néa Poteídaia, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-03 17:03:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-03 17:23:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 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 434 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 104 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.616 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 24 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 us7000npqn Id of event.
Event Code 7000npqn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000npqn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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