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


Earthquake location 40.4075S, 24.1012WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Ouranoupolis in Greece on Friday. Exact location, longitude 24.1012° East, latitude 40.4075° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:12:19 / 8:12 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nydv. Unique identifier: us7000nydv. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/12/24 / 2024-12-13 08:12:19 / December 13, 2024 @ 8:12 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Asvestochóri, Thérmi, Panórama (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Sérres (c. 58 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kavála (c. 54 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Dráma (c. 44 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Panórama (c. 16 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Thérmi (c. 14 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Polýgyros (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 12 km NE of Ouranoupolis, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 24.1012° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.4075° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km NE of Ouranoupolis, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-13 08:12:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-14 07:21:30 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.271 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us7000nydv Id of event.
Event Code 7000nydv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nydv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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