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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 11 km NW of Karyes, Greece

Posted by admin on February 15, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.3331S, 24.1578WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Karyes in Greece on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.744 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 24.1578° East, 40.3331° North, depth 9.744 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 16:11:49 / February 15, 2025 @ 4:11 pm. The temblor was reported at 16:11:49 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pdzt. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pdzt.

The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Sérres (c. 58 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kavála (c. 54 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Dráma (c. 44 800 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Panórama (c. 16 600 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Thérmi (c. 14 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Polýgyros (c. 10 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Néa Moudhaniá (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lagkadás, Asvestochóri, Panórama (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km NW of Karyes, Greece.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 24.1578° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.3331° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.744 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km NW of Karyes, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-15 16:11:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-15 16:30:29 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 369 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 177 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.298 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 24 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pdzt Id of event.
Event Code 7000pdzt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pdzt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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