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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Néa Poteídaia in Greece

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Néa Poteídaia in Greece on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us6000pfeh. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfeh. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 23.3031° East, 40.1432° North. Global time and date of event 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 04:39:06 / December 24, 2024 @ 4:39 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:39:06 / 4:39 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vólos, Néa Ionía, Ambelón. Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Thessaloníki (c. 354 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Kalamariá (c. 91 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Vólos (c. 84 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kateríni (c. 53 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sykiés (c. 45 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Políchni (c. 39 800 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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: 6 km SSW of Néa Poteídaia, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	23.3031° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.1432° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km SSW of Néa Poteídaia, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-24 04:39:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-24 04:50:54	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	259	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	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.625	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.63 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	41	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	us6000pfeh	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pfeh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pfeh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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