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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Perivólia in Cyprus


Earthquake location 34.6086S, 33.9473WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Perivólia in Cyprus on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.447 km (23 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 20:53:05 / December 5, 2024 @ 8:53 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 33.9473° East, 34.6086° North, depth 36.447 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:53:05 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nwak. Event ids that are associated: us7000nwak.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ýpsonas, Limassol, Nicosia (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Nicosia (c. 200 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Limassol (c. 154 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Larnaca (c. 72 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Famagusta (c. 42 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Protaras (c. 20 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Pergamos (c. 15 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Aradíppou (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Cyprus (c. 1 103 000 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 41 km SE of Perivólia, Cyprus. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 33.9473° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.6086° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.447 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km SE of Perivólia, Cyprus Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-05 20:53:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-06 14:22:25 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 312 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 93 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.617 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us7000nwak Id of event.
Event Code 7000nwak An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nwak, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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