A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Palaikastron in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/01/17 / 2017-01-25 18:50:51 / January 25, 2017 @ 6:50 pm. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:50:51 / 8:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.62 km (33 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007vdu. Unique identifier: us10007vdu. Exact location of event, depth 52.62 km, 26.4436° East, 35.3989° North.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goúvai, Ierápetra, Ágios Nikólaos. Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Ágios Nikólaos (c. 10 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Siteía (c. 8 700 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Goúvai (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km NE of Palaikastron, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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