A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Palaikastron in Greece. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us200061zn. Unique identifier: us200061zn. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:56:42 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/06/16 / 2016-06-04 02:56:42 / June 4, 2016 @ 2:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 26.5208 East, latitude 35.5428 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ágios Nikólaos, Siteía (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km NNE of Palaikastron, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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