A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Paravóla in Greece on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0m4. Unique identifier: us7000p0m4. The temblor was reported at 16:29:52 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 21.6091° East, 38.6369° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/24 / 2024-12-21 16:29:52 / December 21, 2024 @ 4:29 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Pátra (c. 163 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Lamía (c. 52 000 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Tríkala (c. 49 800 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Agrínio (c. 46 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kardítsa (c. 32 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Aígio (c. 20 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tríkala, Palamás, Fársala (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 8 km ENE of Paravóla, Greece.
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