A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Ierapetra in Greece. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003575. Unique identifier: us10003575. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:47:19 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 00:47:19 / August 27, 2015 @ 12:47 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 25.5745° East, latitude 34.2688° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ierápetra. Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 83 km S of Ierapetra, Greece.
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