A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 120 km S of Limassol, Cyprus (75 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/01/17 / 2017-01-08 09:22:16 / January 8, 2017 @ 9:22 am. The temblor was picked up at 11:22:16 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007rz2. Unique identifier: us10007rz2. Exact location of earthquake, 33.2414° East, 33.6017° North, depth 16.24 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.24 km (10 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 120 km S of Limassol, Cyprus. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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