A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kato Pyrgos in Cyprus. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/17 / 2017-01-13 21:43:32 / January 13, 2017 @ 9:43 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.18 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10007t6n. Event ids that are associated: us10007t6n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:43:32 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 76.18 km, 32.3884° East, 35.571° North.
Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Anamur (c. 57 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Paphos (c. 36 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bozyazı (c. 28 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kyrenia (c. 26 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Gazipaşa (c. 18 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mórfou (c. 14 800 pop). Close country/countries, Cyprus (c. 1 103 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paphos, Kyrenia, Bozyazı.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 50 km NNW of Kato Pyrgos, Cyprus. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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