Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Khrisokhorion in Greece

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Khrisokhorion in Greece on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 24.6776° East, 40.9443° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us10007nn3. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007nn3. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:56:25 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/16 / 2016-12-30 01:56:25 / December 30, 2016 @ 1:56 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chepelare, Karyes, Smolyan. Close country/countries, Bulgaria (c. 7 149 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Kavála (c. 54 000 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Xánthi (c. 48 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Komotiní (c. 45 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Dráma (c. 44 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Smolyan (c. 32 100 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Chrysoúpolis (c. 8 900 pop).

Every 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 three 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.

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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: 3 km WNW of Khrisokhorion, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	24.6776° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.9443° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km WNW of Khrisokhorion, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-12-30 01:56:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-01-19 23:14:23	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	120	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	246	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.679	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.29 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	110	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	us10007nn3	Id of event.
Event Code	10007nn3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10007nn3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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