Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Chlórakas in Cyprus

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Chlórakas in Cyprus on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 18:22:27 / December 24, 2024 @ 6:22 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:22:27 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pfh6. Id of event: us6000pfh6. Exact location of earthquake, 32.046° East, 34.6754° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Cyprus (c. 1 103 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Limassol, Léfka, Ýpsonas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (56 miles) from Limassol (c. 154 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Paphos (c. 36 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Léfka (c. 7 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ýpsonas (c. 7 300 pop).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 35 km WSW of Chlórakas, Cyprus.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	32.046° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.6754° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	35 km WSW of Chlórakas, Cyprus	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-24 18:22:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-24 18:53:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	104	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.095	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	116	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	us6000pfh6	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pfh6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pfh6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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