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Magnitude4.3

Reviewed by USGSGreece12y ago

M4.3 earthquake 25 km SE of Karyes, Greece

Monday, June 9, 2014, 10:29:37 UTC · 40.072°N, 24.419°E

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 25 km SE of Karyes, Greece on Monday, June 9, 2014, 10:29:37 UTC, at a depth of 16.7 km (shallow).

Magnitude
4.3
Light · mb
Depth
17 km
Shallow
Felt reports
0
Did You Feel It?
Est. shaking
—
No ShakeMap
PAGER alert
None
Not issued
Tsunami
No flag
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In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

43 tons of TNT

That is about 1/354 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 11 times more energy.

Tectonic setting

5 km

from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Aegean Sea and Eurasian plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.

Depth: shallow

17 km

Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.

Did You Feel It?

Where it was felt

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USGS PAGER estimate

Who was exposed to shaking

USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.

After the main event

Aftershocks within 50 km

USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km in the 30 days after this event.

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 358 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

  1. 7.37 km N of Gönen, TurkeyMarch 18, 1953 · 275 km E of this epicenter
  2. 7.2Aegean SeaNovember 8, 1905 · 18 km E of this epicenter
  3. 7.225 km SE of Malkara, TurkeyAugust 9, 1912 · 240 km E of this epicenter
  4. 7.261 km W of Eresós, GreeceDecember 19, 1981 · 115 km SE of this epicenter
  5. 7.29 km NNW of Karaburun, TurkeyJuly 23, 1949 · 232 km SE of this epicenter
  6. 7.19 km S of Stara Zagora, BulgariaApril 14, 1928 · 273 km N of this epicenter
  7. 7.13 km W of Brezovo, BulgariaApril 18, 1928 · 259 km N of this epicenter
  8. 7.07 km SE of Stara Kresna, BulgariaApril 4, 1904 · 212 km NW of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 115 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 28,866 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1883M7.3

    Ayvalik, Izmir, Cesme

    15 Oct 1883 · 250 km away · intensity X

    15,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)

  2. 1881M7.3

    Khios; Turkey: Cesme

    3 Apr 1881 · 257 km away · intensity XI

    7,866 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami

  3. 1912M7.2

    Marmara Sea

    9 Aug 1912 · 240 km away

    2,800 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami

  4. 1953M7.3

    Yenice, Onon

    18 Mar 1953 · 275 km away

    1,070 deaths$4 million damage

  5. 1867M7.0

    Mitilini; Turkey: Izmir

    7 Mar 1867 · 195 km away

    563 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami

  6. 1894M6.7

    Locride, Malesina-Martinon (Lokris)

    20 Apr 1894 · 194 km away · intensity X

    255 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.

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