A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Kefalos in Greece. The epicenter was at a depth of 141.65 km (88 miles). Exact location, longitude 26.8444° East, latitude 36.6246° North, depth = 141.65 km. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:58:38 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 09:58:38 / July 24, 2015 @ 9:58 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002zt0. Unique identifier: us20002zt0.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Didim, Datça, Bodrum (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Didim (c. 26 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kos (c. 19 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Turgutreis (c. 16 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Datça (c. 10 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Kálymnos (c. 10 000 pop).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 16 km SW of Kefalos, Greece.
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