A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Emponas in Greece. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:20:41 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 05:20:41 / December 8, 2017 @ 5:20 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c1yf. Unique identifier: us2000c1yf. Exact location, longitude 27.614° East, latitude 36.3114° North, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Ródos (c. 56 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bodrum (c. 39 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Marmaris (c. 33 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kos (c. 19 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Turgutreis (c. 16 500 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Triánta (c. 11 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Datça (c. 10 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kálymnos, Marmaris, Turgutreis (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop), Turkey (c. 77 804 000 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 two and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km WNW of Emponas, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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