A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Makry Gialos in Greece. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/08/15 / 2015-08-29 04:55:35 / August 29, 2015 @ 4:55 am. Event id: us100035yb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100035yb. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:55:35 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 26.0702° East, latitude 34.5918° North, depth = 28.66 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.66 km (18 miles).
Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ágios Nikólaos, Siteía, Ierápetra (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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