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Waste / landfill · 3 Aug 2023

Methane plume detected in Greece

On 3 Aug 2023, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 3,334 kg/h from a waste site or landfill.

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3,334 kg/h
± 908 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 80.0 tonnes of methane.

Detected
3 Aug 2023 · 10:48 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Waste / landfill
Wind
Plume drifting towards the N · 2.1 m/s
Coordinates
40.84852, 23.08097
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UNEP plume ID
a7340b07-d9fa-425d-917f-a7c077b05a01

Likely operator

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Emitting site

GRC_S_002 · Landfill
16 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume a7340b07-d9fa-425d-917f-a7c077b05a01, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/a7340b07-d9fa-425d-917f-a7c077b05a01), accessed 4 Oct 2026.