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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 93 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece


Earthquake location 34.1795S, 24.95WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 93 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece (58 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.839 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0qx. Unique identifier: us7000p0qx. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:53:08 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 11:53:08 / December 22, 2024 @ 11:53 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 24.95 East, latitude 34.1795 North, depth = 33.839 km.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 93 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 24.95° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.1795° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.839 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93 km SSW of Pýrgos, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-22 11:53:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-22 12:28:59 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 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.107 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 174 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 us7000p0qx Id of event.
Event Code 7000p0qx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0qx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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