A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 77 km SSE of Palaiochora, Greece (48 miles) on Monday. Global time and date of event 06/06/16 / 2016-06-06 13:08:02 / June 6, 2016 @ 1:08 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us200063kg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200063kg. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 23.8872 East, latitude 34.5511 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 15:08:02 / 3:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 77 km SSE of Palaiochora, Greece.
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