A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 93 km W of Platanos, Greece (58 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.57 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/16 / 2016-12-01 05:36:26 / December 1, 2016 @ 5:36 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10007dzh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dzh. Exact location, longitude 22.5739° East, latitude 35.4941° North, depth = 40.57 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:36:26 / 7:36 am (local time epicenter).
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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
How would you describe the shaking?
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. 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: 93 km W of Platanos, Greece.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply