A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Pirgos in Greece on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.3089 East, latitude 34.4829 North, depth = 29.05 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20004gpm. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004gpm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:15:01 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/12/15 / 2015-12-12 11:15:01 / December 12, 2015 @ 11:15 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.05 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goúvai, Ágios Nikólaos, Moíres (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 59 km SSE of Pirgos, Greece.
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