A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Kos in Greece. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/17 / 2017-07-29 23:08:46 / July 29, 2017 @ 11:08 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.51 km (12 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000a40v. Event ids that are associated: us2000a40v. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:08:46 / 1:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 18.51 km, 27.3427° East, 36.8263° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (56 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Milas (c. 43 200 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Didim (c. 26 000 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Kos (c. 19 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yatağan, Ródos, Triánta (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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