Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Lithakiá in Greece

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Lithakiá in Greece. Id of earthquake: us7000pa8b. Event ids that are associated: us7000pa8b. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/01/25 / 2025-01-31 07:36:06 / January 31, 2025 @ 7:36 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:36:06 / 7:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 20.6265° East, 37.4879° North, depth 38.313 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.313 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Pýrgos (c. 22 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Filiatrá (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Filiatrá, Zacháro, Argostólion (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 31 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	20.6265° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.4879° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	38.313 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	31 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-31 07:36:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-27 07:19:11	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	284	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	33	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.08	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.83 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	54	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	us7000pa8b	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pa8b	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pa8b,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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