A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, Crete, Greece kilometers (0 miles) from Crete, Greece. Event id: us2000a30v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a30v. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:29:11 / 9:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 24.0072° East, latitude 34.4497° North, depth = 16.62 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 16.62 km (10 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/07/17 / 2017-07-31 21:29:11 / July 31, 2017 @ 9:29 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (64 miles) from Moíres (c. 6 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Moíres. Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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