A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Kos in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009za0. Id of event: us20009za0. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/07/17 / 2017-07-21 16:55:25 / July 21, 2017 @ 4:55 pm. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:55:25 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 27.363 East, latitude 36.9081 North, depth = 10 km.
The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Milas (c. 43 200 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Didim (c. 26 000 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Kos (c. 19 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yatağan (c. 19 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yatağan, Marmaris, Milas.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km ENE of Kos, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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