A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Makry Gialos in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.67 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/16 / 2016-11-20 15:45:53 / November 20, 2016 @ 3:45 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 26.1679° East, 34.5474° North, depth 39.67 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:45:53 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10007dpj. Event ids that are associated: us10007dpj.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ágios Nikólaos, Siteía, Ierápetra (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km SSE of Makry Gialos, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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