A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 98 km SE of Karpathos, Greece (61 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/17 / 2017-05-20 22:18:44 / May 20, 2017 @ 10:18 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.66 km (28 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008txb. Id of event: us10008txb. The temblor was picked up at 00:18:44 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 28.0545° East, latitude 34.9472° North, depth = 45.66 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 98 km SE of Karpathos, Greece.
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