A 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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