A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Moirai in Greece on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 24.9606 East, latitude 35.0302 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us20007dsc. Event ids that are associated: us20007dsc. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/10/16 / 2016-10-05 01:08:17 / October 5, 2016 @ 1:08 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:08:17 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Irákleion (c. 137 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Rethymno (c. 29 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Néa Alikarnassós (c. 11 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Gázi (c. 9 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ierápetra, Ágios Nikólaos, Rethymno (min 5000 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km ESE of Moirai, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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