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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 4 km NNE of Stýpsi, Greece


Earthquake location 39.351S, 26.233WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Stýpsi in Greece. Exact location of event, depth 28.391 km, 26.233° East, 39.351° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nnhq. Id of event: us7000nnhq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.391 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/10/24 / 2024-10-27 14:56:03 / October 27, 2024 @ 2:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 14:56:03 / 2:56 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Çanakkale, Aliağa, Foça. Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Çanakkale (c. 87 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bergama (c. 57 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Aliağa (c. 44 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Edremit (c. 40 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Burhaniye (c. 38 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Ayvalık (c. 35 200 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km NNE of Stýpsi, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.233° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.351° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.391 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NNE of Stýpsi, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-27 14:56:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-18 15:05:53 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 259 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.87 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us7000nnhq Id of event.
Event Code 7000nnhq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnhq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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