Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Mandráki in Greece

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Mandráki in Greece. Exact location of earthquake, 26.9257° East, 36.4037° North, depth 119.594 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nzdz. Id of event: us7000nzdz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:33:45 / 10:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 119.594 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 22:33:45 / December 16, 2024 @ 10:33 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bodrum, Datça, Turgutreis (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kos (c. 19 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Turgutreis (c. 16 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Datça (c. 10 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kálymnos (c. 10 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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: 29 km SW of Mandráki, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	26.9257° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.4037° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	119.594 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	29 km SW of Mandráki, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-16 22:33:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-16 22:45:28	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	271	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.984	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.48 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	135	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	us7000nzdz	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nzdz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nzdz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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