A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Kefalos in Greece on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008p88. Id of event: us10008p88. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 28/04/17 / 2017-04-28 13:54:23 / April 28, 2017 @ 1:54 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 15:54:23 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 26.9591° East, 36.4951° North, depth 152.59 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 152.59 km (95 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bodrum, Datça, Turgutreis. Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (46 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kos (c. 19 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Turgutreis (c. 16 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Datça (c. 10 100 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Kálymnos (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km S of Kefalos, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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