A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 82 km SW of Palaiochora, Greece (51 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:14:32 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/02/17 / 2017-02-25 18:14:32 / February 25, 2017 @ 6:14 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.47 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 24.47 km, 22.9906° East, 34.7503° North. Unique identifier: us100086tw. Ids that are associated to the event: us100086tw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 82 km SW of Palaiochora, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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