A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 122 km SSE of Makry Gialos, Greece (76 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 26.2387° East, 33.9568° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/02/16 / 2016-02-28 23:45:40 / February 28, 2016 @ 11:45 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004udf. Id of event: us10004udf. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:45:40 / 1:45 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen 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.
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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: 122 km SSE of Makry Gialos, Greece.
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