A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Makry Gialos in Greece on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 18:57:04 / 6:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 26.3671° East, 34.2952° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/17 / 2017-12-16 16:57:04 / December 16, 2017 @ 4:57 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c58s. Unique identifier: us2000c58s.
The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Ierápetra (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ierápetra.
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 90 km SSE of Makry Gialos, Greece.
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